Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
SMN has one proc, Ruin IV. And it's tied to egi assaults that cause damage. A lot of SMNs ogcd madness was also reduced in the 5.1.

If anything, I would say SMN is a priority based job, but the same can be said about ALL jobs. The question then becomes what defines their priorities. SMN's DoT upkeep is without question their number one priority. This is why they also have an ogcd that applies both simultaneously, and ogcd ability that allows them to spread it to other targets, and an ability wherein its potency is increased based on both Bio and Miasma effects being active. There is also the Egi's auto attacks, which is also a DoT.

If someone was coming into FFXIV asking which job focuses heavily on DoTs, because they like those kind of jobs; I'd point them right in the direction of SMN.
Technically yes, all jobs are priority-based but the difference is that there's a certain linearity the job design offers, like combos, and others that don't, which are where SMN and Bard fall under.

I think managing Trances and summons is the number one priority out of anything else, it's what you do most of the time, and that the reliance on DoTs have been decreased so much through updates. hence I think it's lesser of a DoT-based job than it used to be.

In theory yes, Pets are DoTs but you don't exactly manage their auto-attacks, but their Egi Assaults. I wouldn't count it personally, but it's worth noting.