AST: holding buff buttons to bypass the RR buff

[Lyrinn]

...Except that RNG ensures that's often a terrible idea.

So you draw until you get the balance or arrow you want and do what with the Ewers/Spires in the mean time? Waste them on players who don't need them?

You're better off RRing them if no one needs resources because the next card you draw could be one you WANT to AoE, but then you can (and WILL) wind up drawing 10 spears in a row after you've just spread the balance/arrow.

You're wasting cards either way. The difference with spreading first is you're not locked into a particular combo. Do you really use expanded for anything other than Balance or Arrow? If you RR first, then you've locked yourself out of 4/6 cards because you've made them all useless. In contrast, if you spread first without committing to a particular RR, you can throw every other card drawn at someone and you'll at least get some benefit out of unwanted cards.

As for your comment about Ewer/Spire, unless it's the start of a fight, someone can always make use of them.