Dragoons and Bards that never, ever, AOE....

[Koroem]

Dragoons and Bards that never, ever, AOE....Why?

Can someone please explain this? My first guess is ps3/controller players without enough room on a hot bar, and swapping bars during a fight is too hard. However I wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions and single them out, because it might not be the case. Not trying to whine or complain. I just don't get it. Is there something I am missing about a benefit to not aoeing 4+ mobs.

[Ninix]

Because I'm watching Youtube videos in my second monitor and this would require me to actually look at the screen to realize the tank pulled more than a couple mobs instead of just mashing Heavy Shot on my controller.

[Arkista]

Please don't get PS3 players into more crap than we already have to deal with. All you have to do is hit one button to change hotbars, Its not hard. You probably just have lazy DRG/BRDS.

[TurboSol]

they just lazy.. although as a console player, on my BRD, using 2 macros, I was able to fit everything useful on 1 bar. my DRG, I use 3, MNK has 2, WAR has 3, PLD has 1.. it's all about how you set it up and muscle memory. I be swappin bars like crazy, especially DRG

[HarleyTopper]

Well, for DRG, they basically have three AOE options. Their best, Dragonfire Dive, has a huge cooldown, so it's not something that can be spammed during big pulls. Their second best, Doom Spike, is a bit of a TP hog, and even though the game's definition of "straight line" is more generous than the description would suggest, it does require a bit of positioning to be most effective (which can be problematic if the mobs are shifting positions). And their worst, Ring of Thorns, does pretty weak damage, unless used in combo with Heavy Thrust (it's awesome, however, for clearing bombs on the final boss of Brayflox HM). Personally, I'd rather the DRG to go through his most effective rotation on single mobs while the party members with more effective AOE blasted the whole group.

[Suellen]

I have the opposite issue. People spamming their AoEs on "packs" of only 1 or 2 mobs. To each their own though really. Did the mobs get dead? Did you stay alive? That's all that really matters in the end.

[Issachar]

Im a DRG that plays with a controller (that is better than most KB+M DRGs) and I aoe. Its not hard tapping R1 to change a page in between GCDs.

[Ruri]

Because they suck or think it uses TP too fast and don't know how to reserve TP. /endthread

[Lithera]

AoEing 1 mob is highly inefficient lol. 2 isn't bad if you're talking BLMs or SMNs but both those classes need to weave the AoEs into single target damage on the primary mob for maximum efficiency. What Harley says for DRG is exactly right as well. Even with Invigorate, Doom Spike will bury your TP, and if the tank moves or someone pulls hate on a mob or two it's suddenly not hitting all the monsters. I've had healers take hate and run,moving the entire pack and making Doom Spike hit 2 monsters out of 6 or 7.

[Jamez82]

I hear drg aoe is highly inefficient and its almost always better to just do their single target rotation.
Brds.. I hear their aoe isnt that bad so not sure what to tell ya.. lazy brds.