mage's DOT question

There's a limit to how many times the Mist Explosion bonus can stack, I think it's possible to achieve that limit with only normal F/P skills already, so there's no need to go further with flame gear.

I/Ls using flame gear to activate extreme magic is silly, they already have better skills that can do that just fine (Glacial Chain can be cast every 5 seconds and gives DoT for 15 seconds, so it's enough).

i'm trying to find the new duration for flame gear atm but couldn't find it but if i dont remember it correct it lasts for rather long ass time with some good dmg now?
edit:
according to http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php...post699820
flame gear's duration is 40 sec so that's pretty longggggg