question about aoe ing as BRD

[Rongway]

At a certain point, there's no reason to keep adding more DoTs to the pile when you could instead be hitting a button that does 110 potency damage to every target. I won't tell you what number you should stop at (I'm not certain, myself), but in the OP's example of 6 targets, attempting to spread 12 DoTs is super overkill.

Spreading just Stormbite on all of 6 targets would probably be reasonable, though. That's just slightly more damage than Quick Nock, much cheaper, and can be done while still gathering mobs. Caustic Bite if the tank is still running and you've used Stormbite on all the current targets, but once stationary stick with Quick Nock.

[Raldo]

Well, that was an unexpected addition in the live letter. When ShB hits, if Rain of Death is changed to stack multiple charges (Charged Action System), then more DoTs more DoTs more DoTs (during Mage's Ballad, at least).