DNC Steps: Uncontrollable AoEs are bad.

[LegoTechnic]

Then do the stance option then, which you could turn on or off.

But having a 15y mandatory AoE is ridiculous, because a lot of times you don't HAVE 15y around you when you fight stuff for some of these quests because they like to stick tons of passive mobs around them.

I don't seem to have this problem as a SMN, and like half its kit is AoE. Just remember to drag your mob off to the side before you shoot your phoenix fireblast.