Quote Originally Posted by Edellis View Post
On reflection, the reason they probably went to nerfing these abilities is because the moment you are fighting 3 enemies at once, AoE becomes the hands down optimal strategy, and this is multiplied for each enemy after 3.
Isn't this the point of even having aoe abilities though? I mean chain pulling is still going to occur in 3.0 with or without these nerfs unless the dungeons are built around gates. Groups without these two jobs still chain pulled, and nobody was kicked from DF groups for not being one of the two. So I'm not seeing where the problem is, when all the nerf does is make dungeon running slower for comps that happen to have one of the two jobs.

Both classes were Mages. Wizards. They were meant to be aoe masters, because that was their identity. Our time to shine was during dungeon aoe pulls, while other classes could put out significantly more dps against single target bosses as a balance. That balance is gone now. May as well give SCH Stoneskin II and call it a day, lol.