I think this attack shouldn't attack party members. It makes no sense for a game of this style to have friendly fire on in my opinion. It causes problems; such as me getting two warnings in panther arena for a mistake that both "lower level combatants" laughed about, parties wiping and unwanted PvP kills. RPG, partying, adventuring with other player type games don't have friendly fire for a reason; because it limits the party's use, such as not being able to use AoE. This isn't a shooter game where it fits the game style to have friendly fire on. AoE can be useful but not if it's limited so much. Please consider and thank you for reading