Using AST's Expand in Light Party Duties

[Risvertasashi]

Or you actually play them out properly and pick favorites. Some observation is required, but once you know who performs better, you know who gets card priority (depending on the damage role, of course) since you want to have your cards used for maximum effect.

Sometimes RNG won't play nice. Yes, with all the RNG mitigation AST has gotten, a lot of the time you can move things around and end up with a strengthened/extended single-target DPS buff. Nonetheless, it's still RNG, and sometimes it doesn't play nice.

Expanded is not so horrible it should never be used. Especially if everyone in the party is contributing at a close to equal level, but even if not, it's better than minutes of no buffs when RNG doesn't play out the way you want.

[Arrius]

Expanded is not so horrible it should never be used. Especially if everyone in the party is contributing at a close to equal level, but even if not, it's better than minutes of no buffs when RNG doesn't play out the way you want.

But ... you discard spire and ewer exactly for the said reasons. There are of close to no use for anyone, so convert them into a minor arcana or free up the space for the draw cooldown to appear or to perform a Sleeve Draw. When you get a card that benefits the DPS, you play it out instantly or bank it when the trash group is nearly cleared.