[dev 1042] Ability to toggle AoE on/off for Offensive/Defensive skills

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

It's not that it's difficult to toggle it on/off, it's that it causes so many missteps in fast paced situations. Accidentally AOEing adds and things are more of a human flaw than a game design flaw, I agree. However, I think what the OP is suggesting is just a booster seat for absent minded players.

Agree or disagree, I would personally turn the other way and ignore that fact if this change was implemented. I'm tired of absent minded players AOEing everything in behests. We know they don't MEAN to do it. Their brain just doesn't remind them in time to toggle AOE off. :P

[Xeno]

Separate the spells please.

Cure I,II,III

Curaga I,II,III

etc.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Separate the spells please.

Cure I,II,III

Curaga I,II,III

etc.

Okay, now you're just pissing me off.

[Impulse]

Separate the spells please.

Cure I,II,III

Curaga I,II,III

etc.

Fun fact: Curaga was only AoE only (or full party in terms of the single player FF games) in XI.
Cure/Cura/Curaga (aka Cure 1/2/3 up until 8) tended to be both single target and full party spells depending on what you toggled for that cast.

[Xeno]

Fun fact: Curaga was only AoE only (or full party in terms of the single player FF games) in XI.
Cure/Cura/Curaga (aka Cure 1/2/3 up until 8) tended to be both single target and full party spells depending on what you toggled for that cast.

Fun fact: I've played other Final Fantasies other than XI. It's an easier system than having to switch aoe on/off hence the suggestion with nothing else better to call it.

Okay, now you're just pissing me off.

Sorry?

[Impulse]

Fun fact: I've played other Final Fantasies other than XI. It's an easier system than having to switch aoe on/off hence the suggestion with nothing else better to call it.

It's really that hard to make a macro or tap a single button before casting? I've never had such issues and I never heard any complaints up until today. Why does everything have to be "easy" and XI-like?

[Xeno]

It's really that hard to make a macro or tap a single button before casting? I've never had such issues and I never heard any complaints up until today. Why does everything have to be "easy" and XI-like?

Not difficult, just annoying. It wouldn't make it easier either, just less stupid.

[Grimm]

Separate the spells please.

Cure I,II,III

Curaga I,II,III

etc.

I wish they would.

[Chardrizard]

i hope you do know you can put 2 lines in a macro.

/aoe on
/ac "Cure III" <t>
tada you get your curaga

/aoe off
/ac "Cure III" <t>
tada you get your single target cure

inb4 "BUT ITS NOT CURAGA GODAMNIT"

[Razzle]

This is a serious problem, especially with how the game is designed and the silly claiming system... THM mobbing everything with their huge range, and I don't blame them. Took me a while to get use to spam /AoE on and off at the right time, but it's very easy to make a mistake.

Telling people "loz0zl! maibe u shud just plai dift clas" is wrong. This is game control we talk about, and it's lacking in that part ( > . >

Simple Solution:

Have the Area of Effect button save individually for each skill.

For example: If I turned AoE on for cure, and after I was done using Cure, I proceeded to cast Fire on one target. The /AoE on option would not carry on from Cure to Fire (/AoE will be off as default, but if I wanted to cast Area of Effect I would have to turn it on for Fire specifically)

If I needed to cast Cure again, the /AoE on would save (since last time I used Cure, I had /AoE on), even though I had it off for Fire.