Quote Originally Posted by Shin96 View Post
What I find even stranger is that PLD and GNB have actual DoT's while they went out on a limb removing Scourge for apparently no reason at all.
Paladin kept Goring Blade due to it being the core reason that PLD even had a rotation starting in HW instead of just spamming RoH like it did in ARR. Scourge and all the rest of the Single button DoTs (Fracture, Phlebotomize, Lead Shot and Touch of Death) which did not interact with mechanics as well as most of the damage down debuffs were removed in StB due to the shear number of DoTs and constant damage down Debuffs that could be put on targets in content involving 24+ players causing problems by quickly exceeding the visible buff/debuff limit and the max buff/debuff limit. DoT reliant jobs, such as SMN and BRD, had a lot of problems participating in World Boss FATEs, A-rank and S-rank Hunts and Alliance Raids due to this. Living Shadow is likely a temporary pet while acting as a DoT because it bypasses the risks of a debuff overload happening again.

As for why GNB has a DoT weaponskill on a 60s skill speed based cooldown? That is a bit of a mystery.