Question about Astrologian and buffing in 8-man raid.

[Kaurie]

Is it better to AOE balance/arrow and buff the whole group, or is it better to use enhanced balance/arrow on the top DD in the group?

I did some math for this back in I think 3.2. Assuming you have 1 DPS well ahead of the group that you want to buff (not double, but say ~20% better or so IIRC), there is not a huge difference between extending for that player, enhancing for that player or expanding.

That said, tests showed expanding to be the most impactful by a small margin in 8 man parties.

Possible issues with this was it assumed constant DPS throughout the fight, and did not take into account high burst openers etc. I cannot imagine it would make a huge difference, unless one party member has a specifically strong opener and everyone elses is quite weak.


I want to add that the math may have changed with changes to various classes (specifically to cards) over the past couple of patches.

I also want to add, that as a Summoner, I love Ewers \o/ My AST in my party now throws me all the ewers she gets, and I can basically non stop Ruin III.