On AST cards, AOE vs others

[Oohlalaheals]

I completely disagree with those that argue against using AOE buffs in 4 man content. You should never be out of MP even if you are doing dps and it is very rare for any TP users to run out in 4 man content. I Royal Road Spire/Ewer every single time. I use AOE buffs as an opportunity to add more dps myself also, I typically will switch to Cleric Stance, hit Lightspeed, and throw out as many Gravity's/ Malefic II's as possible. I also try to use Celestial Opposition every time I am able with my AOE buffs, so now you have a buff that's 50% as strong, but on 4x as many people for a longer duration- I fail to see how that is not worth it. Also if you consider there's no way to know which of your damage dealers in a DF group is doing more damage, and therefore there is no way to optimize buffing the dps with single target buffs, it makes a lot of sense to buff everyone.

Edit- Just to add I also use single target buffs frequently- I just also think that AOE buffing is useful and worth it. It all just depends on what is drawn.