Please remove the target facing requirement for cone/line AoE

[Feronar]

Can you please change cone and line AoEs so that you don't have to have a specific target selected, and be facing that target? That requirement is a major annoyance when there are lots of targets in a chaotic environment and trying to hit as many targets as possible (I.e. while in a FATE train trying to get gold credit), and is completely unnecessary. Circle AoEs don't have a target facing requirement. So why do cones and lines?

[Jennah]

I've been levelling pretty much every class through the dungeons this last month [check the Lodestone, I'm nearly done!]
My conclusion - circular AoEs DO feel a whole lot better, but they require you to be right on top of whatever you're attacking.
So I'm guessing being able to AoE from a greater range is considered the counterbalance to having to semi-manually target things?

[Seraphor]

There are two types of conal targetting.

1. Pointed where you're facing, no target required. Examples: Flamethrower, Bioblaster, and I think one of RPRs attacks
2. Pointed at your target, obviously target is required. Examples: almost everything else.

But there's no way to have it so you don't need to be targetting OR facing a certain way, that would be impossible as it would have nothing whatsoever to direct the attack.

[Azuri]

You have significantly more control over your position than the direction you are facing in. Having cones and lines be completely free of target requirement will only make them harder to use.

[Imora]

I've gotten caught by glares as drg while aoeing because they're lines that require a target AND facing.

[Chie_M]

Dancer's burst window can certainly feel a little clunkier during high-movement periods. I wouldn't be opposed to this.

[linayar]

Instead of being a major annoyance, targeting requirement makes it easier to me as it gives me a point of reference for where my AOE should be.

[Krotoan]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but if you don't have to face it, and you don't have to target it.. how do you know where it's going?

[Absurdity]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but if you don't have to face it, and you don't have to target it.. how do you know where it's going?

That is exactly the question. I guess you could just make it based on your character direction so it will always be a cone in front of you, but that sounds incredibly annoying, especially with legacy movement.

[Krotoan]

That is exactly the question. I guess you could just make it based on your character direction so it will always be a cone in front of you, but that sounds incredibly annoying, especially with legacy movement.

That's exactly what the OP is asking for it not to do? Lots of skills already do this.