Adding a Magic Dot Spec Class

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

it would be nice but it's unlikely because they remove all dot from the game,
I wouldn't even be surprised if they remove or reduce the bard's dots to 1,
and personally i'm not a fan of the direction they're taking for jobs/battle system and completely removing dot effects.

Although I would love for them to add a dot mage, it would be kind of a slap in the face for the old summoner community who loved the job and have experienced the destruction of dots and the depth that the old SMN had.

I love the irony that Black Mage has arguably the single-best designed DoT in the entire game since probably around Stormblood/Shadowbringers and nobody is jealous about Thunder III/IV + Sharpcast interactions, even if it is effectively just one DoT and a multipurpose refresher.

But hey gotta make sure the next arbitrary DoT on a job is either on a 60s CD at duration shorter than 60s or be a GCD with 30s / 45s duration. Especially if you're a healer. /s

...for reference, reason why I am malding about durations so hard:
- Shadowflare 30s CD, 15s duration, couldn't be deployed along with Sacred Soil
- Bio II 30s, Bio I 18s, Miasma I 24s, Miasma II 12s (and AOE) for our dear Arcanist-likes
- Bane spread potentially resetting DoT timer on new target
- Aero II 18s, Aero III 24s + AOE (that 18s dot also made weaving a lot less shit when 1.5s cast time wasnt a thing yet)
- other DoT extensions like HW Summoner Contagion with Garuda-Egi
- Salted Earth being a 21s dome at 45s CD (about as irregular as it can get)

We had variety, we lost it in favour of "accessibility" or some shit. Thanks Shadowbringers/Endwalker.

[remiff]

I love the irony that Black Mage has arguably the single-best designed DoT in the entire game since probably around Stormblood/Shadowbringers and nobody is jealous about Thunder III/IV + Sharpcast interactions, even if it is effectively just one DoT and a multipurpose refresher.

But hey gotta make sure the next arbitrary DoT on a job is either on a 60s CD at duration shorter than 60s or be a GCD with 30s / 45s duration. Especially if you're a healer. /s

...for reference, reason why I am malding about durations so hard:
- Shadowflare 30s CD, 15s duration, couldn't be deployed along with Sacred Soil
- Bio II 30s, Bio I 18s, Miasma I 24s, Miasma II 12s (and AOE) for our dear Arcanist-likes
- Bane spread potentially resetting DoT timer on new target
- Aero II 18s, Aero III 24s + AOE (that 18s dot also made weaving a lot less shit when 1.5s cast time wasnt a thing yet)
- other DoT extensions like HW Summoner Contagion with Garuda-Egi
- Salted Earth being a 21s dome at 45s CD (about as irregular as it can get)

We had variety, we lost it in favour of "accessibility" or some shit. Thanks Shadowbringers/Endwalker.

sad reality ,
what more can I say?

[ICountFrom0]

I love the irony that Black Mage has arguably the single-best designed DoT in the entire game since probably around Stormblood/Shadowbringers and nobody is jealous about Thunder III/IV + Sharpcast interactions, even if it is effectively just one DoT and a multipurpose refresher.

But hey gotta make sure the next arbitrary DoT on a job is either on a 60s CD at duration shorter than 60s or be a GCD with 30s / 45s duration. Especially if you're a healer. /s

...for reference, reason why I am malding about durations so hard:
- Shadowflare 30s CD, 15s duration, couldn't be deployed along with Sacred Soil
- Bio II 30s, Bio I 18s, Miasma I 24s, Miasma II 12s (and AOE) for our dear Arcanist-likes
- Bane spread potentially resetting DoT timer on new target
- Aero II 18s, Aero III 24s + AOE (that 18s dot also made weaving a lot less shit when 1.5s cast time wasnt a thing yet)
- other DoT extensions like HW Summoner Contagion with Garuda-Egi
- Salted Earth being a 21s dome at 45s CD (about as irregular as it can get)

We had variety, we lost it in favour of "accessibility" or some shit. Thanks Shadowbringers/Endwalker.

I love that there was, sometimes, an entire tree of priorities that had to be juggled.
I want to see it again.

At THIS point in your rotation there are 3 spells coming off of timer, you reapply them in THIS order. You don't just recast as soon as the cast time is done. Yes, please, MORE.