Quote Originally Posted by cidbahamut View Post
Ruling out AoE is foolish. SE may have settled on that as a design choice but that doesn't make it ok.

Folks are stamping their feet about not wanting another buff they can cast on others because they'll have to cycle it.
SE's refusal to allow us AoE buffs means whatever buffs we can cast on others will have to be cycled.
The solution isn't to make all our buffs self-cast only, the solution is to address the need to cycle buffs.
This is accomplished by making buffs AoE and giving them lengthy durations.
Even duration when AoE isn't bothersome. Casting Haste, Refresh and Phalanx II as an example everytime it's due just once is better than it is now.