Quote Originally Posted by _Koneko_ View Post
the debuffs was remove to crush the meta you reap what you sow
"Meta".
Slashing debuff was on SAM, NIN and WAR, not present on DRK and PLD.
Piercing debuff was only on DRG but used by MCH and BRD.
Bonk debuff was only on MNK and only used by MNK And probably by Book smack and baton smack.

It was this synergy that had to be removed, they didn't wanted Piercing debuff on BRD/MCH because they feared the jobs would be op (Ha!).

I don't want to see them back anytime soon, it's just crap to loose 10% damage because you don't have a party member playing a certain job.