SMN - knowing the class (part 1)

[Maku]

Here is my opinion below:-

1. when a mage/whm sleeps a target, SMN can't bane them else it would break their sleep. If SMN bane, it will most likely steal aggro or tank get hits a lot more thus adding strain to the healer.

*Bane AoE radius is a joke. Remember when i bane the enemy in front of the tank and those mobs hitting slightly behind the tank are not getting the Dots spread

2. In a single target situation (Ifrit, Titan, boss) no bane what-so-ever is involved, and thus SMN's dps is significantly lower than the rest.

*The bright side of SMN is even when you are on the run, DoTs is still hurting the boss.

3. In fight that needs to down target fast or else it is wipe (1st and last boss of Sunken temple), SMN's dot just isn't ticking fast enough.

Bane does not break sleep. One of my favorite things about it is that it doesn't break it. You are right that I often steal agro though but it does NOT break sleep. Several places have been saying that it does but I simply don't see it waking up the mobs when I use it. Does it actually wake them up and just is glitched to still show them asleep?

[Marcusow86]

Bane does not break sleep. One of my favorite things about it is that it doesn't break it. You are right that I often steal agro though but it does NOT break sleep. Several places have been saying that it does but I simply don't see it waking up the mobs when I use it. Does it actually wake them up and just is glitched to still show them asleep?

am not sure about this, i thought application of DoTs will break sleep and that includes bane. But i can confirm that after DoTs and the mob get sleep, it does not break the sleep.