AOE Toggle Needs to GO

[Tsuga]

Then don't? (if you like playing as a healing job then you'd want your setup to be this way (with status removal spells as well), if you want to be a magical damaging job then equip all your DD magic and ignore the rest, if you want to be more of a mix and match you pick a combination of what you want...

Giving us EVERYTHING, defeats the purpose of the Multiplayer portion of the MMO. And I will stick by my choice, I am glad they are getting rid of the AoE toggle (not because it was annoying, not because it was confusing; just because I want more encouragement to have a strategic party experience and less button spamming)

I could argue that singling us out into the category of "DD" and "Healer" dumbs down the experience even more. As a healer, all I would be doing is focusing on healing the party, and have no other responsibilities. As a DD, all I'd be doing is mashing nukes. The way the game is now, I end up thinking about both healing and DD at the same time, and if we have a mage in the party dedicated to healing or nuking, I can support them one way or the other if they need help. It makes my job a lot more diverse, and interesting than just being forced to heal OR DD. I get to do both, and I have to consider both when I'm playing.

I went into this game thinking that I would STRICTLY be a healer, because I thought I would be forced down one path or another (coming from XI). To my surprise, it was easy to balance both healing and DD, so now I function as both, or one with the side of the other when needed. The game doesn't PIGEON-HOLE by force. I have an effing choice. That is something special that XIV has going for it that most games don't.

Anyway, to bring this back around to the point: if removing AoE Toggle pigeon-holes me, as a CON, into a category of healer, OR DD, then I hate the idea even more. Please SE, don't nerf us up our collective asses with whatever you're planning.