Spamable Melee lb?

[Hanayumi]

Anyone finding Melee lb in frontlines a bit too spamable? Been with a few groups and starting to notice other groups more and more just going full Melee and totally destroy in frontlines with constant Melee lbs. Did they recently change something or is frontlines just going thru another phase? >.<

[Atlaworks]

There's that whole bar to fill up thing. Most people just save them for ice. I don't exactly see them... "spamming" LBs. That's like, not even possible.

Frankly, I'm glad melee has a "kill it now!" button, because otherwise healers are just an absolute chore to deal with. I see more teams go like half or more healers than all-melee.

[RubyScarlett]

There's no change, and those players are likely very experienced PVPers who are going for Battle High /Battle Fever.

You get Battle High when you defeat four players consecutively. It increases your damage by 20%, and the adrenaline gauge fills 1.25 times faster. You get Battle Fever by defeating eight players consecutively. It increases damage dealt by 40%, and the adrenaline gauge fills 1.5 times faster.

This mechanic has been in place since lv 50 Frontlines.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Exactly what Ruby said above.

Battle Highs/Battle Fevers are FFXIV's Frontlines version of a kill streak buff. They're priority targets, and if you're going to take one down, your team has to focus and coordinate to do so. But keep in mind, a High/Fever's team will likely focus to keep them alive. I can't stress enough that they are priority targets and should be handled as such. Use - but don't overuse - CC abilities on them, and attack with nothing less than the intent to shut them down. Because they're going to do just the same.

[Culfinrandir]

There's that whole bar to fill up thing. Most people just save them for ice. I don't exactly see them... "spamming" LBs. That's like, not even possible.

Frankly, I'm glad melee has a "kill it now!" button, because otherwise healers are just an absolute chore to deal with. I see more teams go like half or more healers than all-melee.

Spamming them certainly is possible, just not without doing things that don't involve a great display of sportsmanship. Doesn't stop some people though, sadly.