Its ffxiv combat really so slow and boring?

[Darrcyphfeid]

And how exactly removing a combo AoE that only deals damage makes a job easier?!

Dunno, you're gonna have to ask the geniuses that came up with the idea. Also ask them why we even have things like Heavy Thrust still when the duration has been skyrocketed and the buff potency nerfed to, and I'm paraphrasing, "a point where players aren't harshly punished for not keeping the buff active." Just remove it at that point, y'know?

I still miss the single button, non-combo DoTs. WTB Phlebotomize.

Edit: Also, their excuse for removing the non-combo DoTs was that players weren't sure when to use them and kept forgetting to reapply them. Or something to that effect.