Yes it i a real pain at the event for us who play pure warriors.
But so far as I can tell it is only a this event that it is a real problem.
I've found ways to deal with it. I have "target nearest enemy" mapped to a mouse button then I jut double click the target window.
I kind of like the spell effect though. It makes things difficult and sometimes frustrating at the event but at least the spell looks and feels like real magic at work. It's pretty neat how everything including me gets bounced around
I'm much more annoyed with all the kill stealers and greedy peeps who just have to hack away at the one ophid that you're fighting.
And don't get me started on all the EVs. I always know when the next wave is about to hit because my screen will damn near fill up with evs about 5-10 seconds before they spawn.
I'm starting to honestly think that I'm the only one who will not engage an enemy if it's health is less than 100%. If they show damage I know someone's working on it and I let it be.
Me on the other hand have killed less than half the ophids that I have engaged in battle with. Over half the time I get bombarded with evs and I lose out on lots of points that I was working on.
I still havn't reached 2000 points because I have to fight 5 times longer to get the same points as everyone else.
This however will not discourage me. If I have to go toe toe longer and harder so be it. I'm not going to pancake (anymore) about what I can't change. I'll just soldier through it.
Back to topic, I say Leave earthquake alone and figure out a way to reign in the greedy peeps.