Quote Originally Posted by reality_check View Post
Because it's annoying and adds no depth to the game. That, and the only job that this mechanic really affects is black mage. It affects summoner slightly but having casting interrupted on summoner isn't as big of a deal.

Yes, your dots lump with everyone else's dots. It turns into one giant DoT.
Not all things have to add "depth" to a game to exist in said game. Not to mention, it makes sense, you just choose not to see it.

Second, no, it only lumps with your DoTs. You can see separate damage numbers for each person's DoTs, just not the individual DoTs themselves.

Quote Originally Posted by dejavutwo View Post
-For DOTs, you can tell which ones are yours because the will be the first set of debuffs in the list, and they will have green timers.
He means the damage from the DoTs themselves, which as i've said only lumps with the other DoTs from the same player, which is how the system was designed to work.