My thoughts are 100% Velks is included and likely one of the main targets of this change, with CoM being a close second.
Its specific to "Swarm" kiting i.e. killing swaths of kited mobs with AoEs. Not kiting in general so places like ToV and Kael would be unimpacted (unless maybe faction pulls are illegal?!?)
Doesn't really apply to the current PoG metas as the mobs get kited but not killed (maybe people still do PoG clears? I haven't seen one in the last couple years since the tunare kite meta came about).
To me by far the biggest question mark is Fear. To the definition of the rules the current fear meta would be 100% illegal. But requiring no more AoEs it would massively deprioritize CT as an option on quakes due to the length of time required to clear and engage him.
The rule change is cited to come from 2 principles: Streamling the rulesets and reducing petitions. It will be interesting to see how that is balanced in a place like fear where the streamlined ruleset makes the current meta not allowed but would also likely increase petitions by removing the ability for guilds to clear large quantities of mobs from the zone with AoEs opening the door for a lot more training and a longer time table for guilds to be competing head to head in the zone.
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