SMN was the DOT mage. If they turned summoner into the most boring possible class just to give the DOTs to another shiny class.....Well, I'll be a little pissed. Not to mention, I think it's unlikely anyways.

They seem to be removing DOT gameplay. SMN was completely gutted. BRD was made so much less reliant on using them at all. They could have designed something to lead into these DOTs more smoothly, but they didn't. Seems to indicate a certain mindset in their balancing.