I get that this is a half troll half 'missing flavor' thread, but, really. Why would anyone think the Cone AoEs in this game are good? Circle AoEs don't require a target, can be spammed to hit mobs without interrupting your movement while doing the pull, and even if you didn't have those prior factors involved, they snapshot behind you while you're moving and still hit in front of you as you're picking mobs up, so they wind up hitting more mobs than a cone would with less total attacks.

Line AoEs I get. Those actually cover more area than Cones or Circles and do fire properly when they have the appropriate range (though it's still finicky because of XIV demanding a target for them too) while retaining the upside of being able to stand to the side of the fire once you're actually IN the pull. But Cones? Absolutely not. XIV's systems make them have all the downsides and none of the good.