Most samurais ive met never used AOE

[ManuelBravo]

SAM AoE is really TP intensive, even more so than any other physical dps. I can see some SAM deciding that it's not worth it which I don't agree with. The other side of that is that it is very easy for a SAM to run out of TP in an AoE fight especially without a brd/mch, so at some point a SAM will likely be forced to single target.

But a SAM who single targets with a full tp bar makes me sad.

You also have to keep in mind that other various factors come into play.

For example, When I play DRG or SAM I can sometimes over power the tank. Sometimes they can be under gear or really don't know how to tank. Normally when I don't aoe is do to this or that one of the mobs has an area aoe ( Minatour or Chamira ) were I focus on it and stun accordingly. ( Sometimes you can't count on tank to stun or others to silence ). based on judgement yes we choose to not aoe. another instance is based on what level dungeon your in...I've come across players that are just lazy to do it -.-. Yes it's sad to see TP bars, it's even sadder when tanks over pulls knowing Mages have low MP and DPS has low TP.

[Rongway]

When I play DRG or SAM I can sometimes over power the tank. Sometimes they can be under gear or really don't know how to tank

Shield Oath + Flash: equivalent to a 3,240 potency attack on all targets
Defiance + Overpower: equivalent to a 2,808 potency attack on all targets
Defiance + Steel Cyclone: equivalent to a 1,620 potency attack on all targets
Grit + Unleash: equivalent to a 2,225 potency attack on all targets

Don't let enmity be a factor in deciding whether to AoE or not. No DD puts out so much AoE damage that a tank can't spend one more GCD on an AoE enmity generator to get everything back. A PLD could flash once and spend the rest of the battle spamming Total Eclipse for 300 enmity-potency per GCD and not lose a single mob. Even undergeared, the AoE generators generate obscene amounts of enmity, and they should learn to use them.