Astro MP Conservation and DPS

[Parawill]

It is nice to note that if you have time to cast only 1 DPS spell that you cast either the Combust Family or Aero as they are either equal or have more potent than Malefic II, unless you need front-loaded damage over a DoT.

Usage of Luminiferous Aether depends on the fight. General note is to use it if you know you are below 95% MP and know you're going to use almost 3k MP (20 ~ 28% of your MP) through back-to-back GCD spells. Lightspeed is used for when I know I'm going to be using Benefic II, Aspected Benefic, Aspected Helios or Helios as it lowers MP costs by a nice percentage.

You can also use Celestial Opposition on top of your Luminferous Aether and/or Lightspeed for an additional 5 seconds--just make sure you use it around 2 seconds before the buff runs out as it takes time for it to actually "hit" you.