Alright, my AoE damage can hit at maximum 5 players. Let’s say there is an enemy portal that appears. Let’s also add 3 others around me that can do AoE damage. As soon as enemies start portaling in we attack. At most we hit 20 individual targets, at least we all hit the same 5. There is no limit to the number of persons that can use the portal, so there is no effective defense against a ‘portal bomb’.
I can only think of 3 options for changing the above dynamic:
- Remove the AoE maximum hit cap — There is already a radius cap.
- Limit the number of ‘users’ who can use portal — Limit the number of users to say 10 (double group).
- Change mesmer portal to be group only — Until they increase the size of groups, I don’t think this is viable.