Quote Originally Posted by magnanimousCynic View Post
SMN is DoT-centric because that's the ACN part of SMN where we use Arcanima for dealing damage, which just happens to be DoTs.
And where in the geometric/tactical motifs given to the Arcanists did it explain "this is why we give people diseases" or tell us that to Arcanist is to "DoT em up, bro"? Really, the "lore" leaves these surface matters pretty well untouched. Significant amounts of gameplay can be changed without actually having to go back and replace much, if any, text.