Quote Originally Posted by Nihility View Post
Seems to me people complained about cone aoe's being inferior for years and years and years as though standing at one side of a mass of enemies and aiming inwards was somehow difficult.

Devs unfortunately listen and see the sustained complaint over such a long period and wonder "why would they want the worse aoe pattern that has half the range in exchange for hitting behind?" but eventually cave in anyways and now the complaining has turned the other way because complaining is apparently the only thing people on forums are capable of
Same thing happened with AST cards and now they're all just Damage+ because people griped about only Balance being worthwhile. Now they complain about not having Card variety.
Or how when cross-Job abilities were a thing, complaining about some abilities being 'mandatory' for all classes. Enter: Role abilities. Now they complain about losing cross-job abilities.