How can we be DoT Mages with no DoTs?

[Vespar]

I'm going to plop my response in another thread directly in here. You still have dots, but thats not exactly the point. You need to start looking at how your job works AS A WHOLE. Not just 2 or 3 actions.

Folks, its called balancing. Not just one job, but all of them as a whole. They may also have had to reallocate where SMN's dmg is coming from in order to bring some new aspects to the job. So the dmg may not necessarily be reduced overall, it'll likely increase actually. It just wont be from one or two different skills, but from those skills all actively working as a whole.

This doesnt just apply to SMN but to ALL jobs. You must look at your job's kit as a cohesive unit. Not just bits and pieces of a unfinished puzzle.
SMN has alot more dynamics now than just cast some dots and spread them all over. Now you can do that and so much more. Your pets have a greater purpose now as well instead of just using Garuda for contagion.