Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan View Post
Because they can be. Depends on the situation. And in general, mass pulling doesn't actually save that much time at all. It's like the people who speed 10 miles over the speed limit... when the reality is they are only getting to their destination 2 minutes earlier than the guy who went speed limit (yes, that is a proven fact).

To give you just a few examples of how single group pulling can be just as fast, with single group pulling, the healer can use more GCD's for DPS than they can during mass pulls. Furthermore, despite your false claim otherwise, positioning (due to hit boxes, size of pull, etc) can be a big issue that causes significant dps loss. Even party job make-up can be a big factor, as some jobs simply aren't good for AoE.

Fact of the matter is that mass group pulling is NOT objectively better/faster in every situation. It always depends, and in most cases the difference in clear time is insignificant (2-5 minutes at most)..
Reasonable is subjective, it's inherently subjective because it's based on someone's own judgment. Like come on lol. Also of course it'll differ depending on job makeup and such, but grouping things up and hitting for thousands of potency each global is inherently better than the alternative. MOST dungeons don't have monsters big enough to make aoe not viable, in fact I would say even the ones that do you're STILL hitting enough mobs to make it better. Also your point about healers is false because healers that are comfortable enough to dps will be comfortable enough to aoe dps which again, is flat out better, and in some cases (whm/sch/ast stun) can even help with mitigation. I didn't say it was objectively better in every situation, I said most situations, funny you'd resort to a strawman after complaining about it. Like there are entire guides on when aoe is better and why on the balance discord and most of the time it's like 4+ for globals. Anything higher than that is just added bonus. And the whole "2-5 minutes at most" is debatable for sure, but also 2-5 minutes in every single duty you do while playing this game adds up and is therefore significant.