In a team fight, you had to cut down the back line first.
For any Adventurer in this world with even a little combat experience, when fighting as a squad, targeting the enemy's weak points was the most natural and obvious thing in the world.
Whether Mages, Archers, or even certain Priests inclined toward utility roles, they often possessed powerful abilities capable of deciding the direction of a battle. But compared to front-line Warriors and Barbarians, their Profession traits allocated their physical attributes in a way that gave them a relatively low margin for error in combat, making them easy to target and force off the field.
Under such circumstances, how to maintain stable output from one's own core back-line members, and how to break through the enemy's outer defenses to attack their interior, became the two key points of contest when Adventurer squads clashed.
Take the current encounter between the Black Gull and the Pirate Ship on the sea, for example.
The Half-Elf Archer from the "Silver Claw Osprey" squad had already retreated, under her teammates' cover, to the side of the deck farthest from the enemy's attack direction the moment she discovered the Pirate Ship sailing toward them. When the Sailors used their advantage in height and distance to shoot, she did not join in recklessly and expose her presence.
Instead, while keeping herself as hidden as possible, she carefully observed the other side's movements and stayed alert to the entire surrounding environment, including the sky and the sea, lest some unnoticed enemy seize the chance to launch a sneak attack.
An ordinary three-person squad was destined to have a relatively conservative and passive battle plan. Compared to aggression and reckless advance, steadiness and caution were the key reasons the three of them had made it this far