Messy Battles

[Aleczan]

While I feel I may get stoned for saying this, I think there needs to be either a) limit of targets that can be affected by AoE (such as Brandish striking up to three targets)

To my knowledge, there's a limit. Not sure but I think it's 8. For both AoE WS and AoE nuke.
I would prefer your solution suggestion b) reduce effectiveness, as I think 8 targets is fine. I've started playing mages recently and there are some OH SHIT situation in PT or during LQ where meleeing people had saved me with their AoE WS. Considering how aggressive monsters or group monsters are usually cluttered together in a room (esp. in dungeon or caves) so we're likely to pull and get a lot of links, limiting AoE target to 3 would be a bit too cruel.

[Reika]

To my knowledge, there's a limit. Not sure but I think it's 8. For both AoE WS and AoE nuke.
I would prefer your solution suggestion b) reduce effectiveness, as I think 8 targets is fine. I've started playing mages recently and there are some OH SHIT situation in PT or during LQ where meleeing people had saved me with their AoE WS. Considering how aggressive monsters or group monsters are usually cluttered together in a room (esp. in dungeon or caves) so we're likely to pull and get a lot of links, limiting AoE target to 3 would be a bit too cruel.

Theres actually not a limit. Get 15 monsters together, hit them all. A limit would make people pull less.. but then, for AOE parties and such, it is going to again slow down EXP gain, and with the current strength of monsters at or above your level, making it a limit like 3 or so would make it impossible to get chain 5 or higher.