AE's Affecting Group and Guild Members

[fauxreigner]

I noticed pretty quickly on my Bard that my PBAE DoT affects my group members, their pets, and their group members. I assume AE nukes / mezzes and stuff are the same way. This seems kind of wrong to me, but I'm coming from a place of ignorance.

Picked through the forums a little bit, but couldn't find anything about it. I never played any live PVP servers so I don't know what the rulesets were back then. I remember on the VZTZ Emu you couldn't harm guild mates unless in duel.

What's up with this? Is it classic? If it's wrong, has anyone ever mentioned getting it fixed?