Is it time to remove dots from the game?

[Ultimatecalibur]

Dots are a boring mechanic unless a job's function or gauge is built around it like brd or BLM. Giving a job a dot for the sake of having it feels pointless

Paladin's rotation exists because it has a DoT. Without Goring Blade it would have been just spamming Royal Authority combos (followed by Atonement x3) between Requiescat burst windows. With the introduction of the DoT in HW, Paladin actually had a rotation compared to the Rage of Halone spam of ARR.

Dragoon's DoT exists to give a second, if not being the primary reason, to alternate between their 2 combos.

Bard's DoTs are pretty much the foundation of the jobs rotation with pretty much everything else rewarding you for maintaining the DoTs.

These 3 jobs need their DoTs. Thunder is actually one of the abilities most detached from the Black Mage rotation and is in many ways there more as filler during their Umbral Ice phase.