Extensively enough to realize that buff-heavy groups would end up dodging buffs given out by the boss, causing wipes because people didn't get the right buffs/debuffs?

Because that was a thing in TOP. It's part of why MCH was slightly favored for a bit. As they didn't add the buffs that DNC and BRD do.
i think i will accept that the testing and design teams that created the actual encounter know more about that than you do, tested it extensively, knew what they were doing every step of the way and leave it at that.

You will forgive me if I absolutely disregard the opinion of armchair "experts"