Quote Originally Posted by Connor View Post
Fester was a Summoner ability when it had the DoT interaction thing. Scholar did get Bane though which spread the DoTs to nearby enemies which was a pretty big part of the job for many people. They’re fairly easy to mix up too though lol
Oh right, forgot about Bane somehow. I've wondered if it did have fester in the past but guess not, then.

Quote Originally Posted by Connor View Post
I feel like the DoTs are something that much better on paper than in practice. Like, it’s a nice idea, ‘healers that aren’t as comfortable with dps can just throw up a DoT every now and then and focus on healing as opposed to optimising filler spells or whatever.
Naturally though, that really isn’t how they work in theory because DoTs simply don’t make up that much of a healer’s overall output compared to the filler spell for just using them to ever be viable. At least I think they don’t? Not to mention overabundance of oGCD healing etc.

Whether DoTs can/should go I think is more of a case-by-case thing though. Like, for White Mage I could see them not having one since it’s mostly about high potency attacks anyway like Afflatus. Or Astrologian not having one since it’s more party dps oriented than personal anyway. Scholar is usually the most popular healer considered for being the ‘DoT master’ given how it was before. And lastly Sage, which honestly I’m not sure about. Maybe they could keep the one single / one aoe DoT but make them stack
Optimization also ends up pressuring players to keep them refreshed consistently, which I've noticed is something not everyone likes to have to track. That said, I agree it should be by the job too. Give people who enjoy that kinda stuff a space for it, we have 4 jobs after all. It'd help dehomogenize the role too.