Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
Dots were severely reduced across the board because the FFXIV code couldn't handle more than 60 on a mob at any time (showing only 30) to include debuffs.

When you had every job with at least 2 dots and then 2 or 3 summoners with 3-4 dots that cap was reached VERY quickly especially in 24 man raids. Those summoners also relied on those dots for Fester damage increase.
they didnt have to completely remove them though? blue mage has a bunch of "cooldowns" that are spells with a long recast, just like phlegma or sonic break. they couldve replaced the dots with those. still a button you press every 18/24/30 seconds without bloating the debuff cap on enemies.

instead they simply deleted everything and gave nothing in return because healers heal amirite (except they dont even do that either)