Please stop removing Damage Over Time effects from every job, add more complexity

[Shurrikhan]

wait until you hear about people who think refreshing dots is complex

No one has ever said this.

Though, as with any not innately synced buff or cooldown with a decent bit of context, making optimal choices and tracking additional considerations, yes, adds complexity.



A DoT/debuffing GCD is just a soft CD (much like any buffing GCD) with additional considerations based on target count.

It's certainly not going to be any less complex given the same contexts that would allow for a buff to be interesting (e.g., Twin Snakes at sufficient Skill Speed, rather than Disembowel; Stormblood SAM more so than Shadowbringers/Endwalker), as it's just taking something already capable of a fair bit of contextual nuance and simply adding another layer to work with.