AOE Spam Fest <Please remove it>

[KujinRen]

I wish we'd get rid of most (if not all) of the 10-20 mobs per pull. It doesn't feel very Final Fantasy 'ish. The AOE spam fest sort of takes away from the "oooh ahhh" of each mob in the game. I'd prefer pulls of 1-4 mobs at most, and just beef up their health pool and abilities. Pulling trains and using every AOE we've got feels like we're not using any skill. It is very boring. Bring back the "badass" feeling of even the simplest trash mob guarding the room to a final boss in a dungeon or perhaps a puzzle event in a labyrinth that requires you to coordinate killing an epic pre-boss with conditions.

I'm sure I didn't explain that well, but I hope anyone who reads this gets what I'm saying. Thank you for your time.

[Chardrizard]

You mean it doesnt feel FFXI-ish? Because you fight clusters oof mobs in other FF.

[Catriona]

In most MMOs I'd disagree, because I like things being a little bit out of control rather than taking enemies one by one, but I do agree that it doesn't feel very "Final Fantasy", and perhaps this MMO would be improved by battles being tighter and more focused somehow.

[Brannigan]

Didn't FF1 have you fight like 9 pirates at the same time in like the second town?

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Didn't FF1 have you fight like 9 pirates at the same time in like the second town?

Indeed. And you don't have access to Level 3 spells yet :-(

[neorei]

oh you haven't been in dynamis in ffxi then O.o

[Kiroh]

oh you haven't been in dynamis in ffxi then O.o

Yeah, but to be fair Dynamis wasn't really crowd combat as much as it was Sleepga the holy hell out of them and throw 18 people at them one at a time.

[Guevara]

I agree with OP. I miss the FFXI exp party feeling, where you needed to know a mob and its abilities and the kill needed a lot more effort (well-timed Skill-Chains, Stuns, a good puller). Right now, in parties, I don't even manage to use ws, since have no time to build tp lol.

[Kiroh]

I really have to wonder though if some of the people complaining about the combat in XIV have ever done "endgame" content of any type though. If you think crowd combat is too easy in this game, there is no way you have ever done CC or Hamlet. If you think there are no difficult single enemy fights, try Garuda.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Boss fight is a thing, trash mobs in dungeon is a different story. I don't want to use melees only in boss fight because trashs are so weak they can killed aoe without any issue.
I don't want a huge nerf to aoe, but seriusly, something have to be done