SMN redesign in expansion?

[Cebo]

DoT based DPS is highly inefficient in this game sure they can do the content but it's far more easier on jobs that use direct damage and bursts.

That's more due to the potency of our DoT's. In most other MMO's, DoT abilties have higher overall damage than a direct damage attack, at the cost of delivering that damage over time. But here, our strongest DoT, Bio 2, has a total potency of 350, which takes 30 seconds to deal its damage. While Dragoon's Full Thrust is already at 360 potency and Ninja's Aeolian Edge at 320. Hell, even Bard's DoT's do a total of 310 potency (Venomous Bite) and 330 potency (Windbite) over 18 seconds. Despite SMN being the "DoT" class, their DoT's are really not that strong.

As an example, in WoW, a mage's Fireball does 159% of spellpower, and Frostbolt does 119%. The Warlock's primary DoT does 234% spellpower over 18 seconds.