Quote Originally Posted by Renathras View Post
DoTs are in a weird place right now. I personally have always hated them, especially if they were just "slap on, refresh" (like...every last Healer's right now...) with no kit interactions, and it's one thing I dislike about BRD, a Job I'd probably otherwise like...

...but that said, we have enough homogenization, and if nothing else BRD at least hasn't been smacked with the homogenization stick. Much as I might personally dislike them, I think for the game, it's good for BRD to have its unique mechanic and identity there, and I'd wager a lot of BRD mains agree. It's like how old PLD was a clunky mess and old SMN before was even MORE of a clunky mess, but they had adherents who loved them and it would probably have been better to add new SMN as a new Job and PLD...to just not do the 2 min meta that forced the change in the first place.

I dunno, maybe a bunch of BRD mains will come in here and say they would love to be rid of all the DoTs, too, but...
The sad reality is they completely killed that unique mechanic in Endwalker. Whereas in prior iteration, DoT were a core component of Bard's actual kit, they now function exactly like healer DoTs. You set and refresh them with Iron Jaws at 3-6 seconds. No procs, no interaction with Sidewinder and no DoTing multiple targets. Not only that but the increased duration means you're pressing them even less. Bard is wholly unpopular right now due in no small part how every little unique gameplay element it had was squeezed out. You're a Burst Shot spammer and almost nothing else. The hilarious irony is despite them likely doing this in the name of accessibility, Bard remains the single most punishing job to make any sort of mistake on. It's incredibly rigid and if you misalign buffs or god forbid die, you're completely boned for the entire fight going forward.

While Summoner may have been lobotomized, Bard is just a shell of itself; playing the same way but with no real identity or quirk. Getting rid of the DoTs wouldn't even matter any longer because they do nothing.