Quote Originally Posted by Akiza View Post
Summoner needs to specialize in Aoe Bursts since DoT is useless in a game like this unless it's a secondary role like in the case of a Scholar. <snip>
DoTs aren't useless at all. DoTs are completely sustainable and extremely potent. I do much more damage than most in most I play with as a summoner in boss fights, regular upkeep of DoTs and consistent outgoing damage from pet/ruin is a viable source of DPS. Every class has DoTs in varying forms, and every class uses them in their rotation or suffers a loss of DPS.

True, an extra burst would be great for helping to eliminate a DPS check (titans heart/Forbidden portals/Plumes/nails etc) but a complete re-work and abandonment of the class isn't needed to achieve this, we might even get it in the expansion.