Cheat Sheet for New AST

[Rongway]

People have advised Royal Roading Spires.

Do not do this in light parties.

Spending two draws on an AoE 50% potency card will never be as effective as two single cards on the best target (or spending two draws on a 200% duration card). Throwing Spire at even a caster is a better option than Roading it, to ensure your next card is not gimped (but throw it at an actual TP user anyway).

Extended Card is mostly equivalent to Card + Card; though Card + Card can be better depending on expected remaining time in the fight.

Extended Card >> AoE Card in light party, and by extension, Card + Card is better than AoE Card.

[OcieKo]

People have advised Royal Roading Spires.

Do not do this in light parties.

Id say this advice is more based on what you can do in the next 5-10s. If its just your draw, and you have no spread card yet... Redraw sure, if you redrew and got it w/ no spread but sleeve draw is up, using it for RR has a decent turn out rate, odds of arrow/balance in either spread or draw slot arent horrible. If you already have something you want aoed in spread slot, auto RRing spire is a good option. If you already have aoe RR set, probably better off poofing or minor arcana-ing it depending on your lvl.