There is nothing more devastating in whole Early Acess than
Shatter.
Especialy when your enemies are so kind to stack.
Killed 5 Kuo Toa in single turn (two casts ... one before combat, and one since Gale was first in initiative) ...
Reduced HP of all Duergars on their ship to half, since in this case they win the initiative ... and kindly stack together.
Same story with Githyanki patrol ... true i used my tank as a bait, but they take it, so everything was well in the end.
So i would never call AoE worthless. O_o
About others, i have other experience ... usualy when enemy use Fire Arrow on me, they even can criticaly miss, yet i get 1d4 Burning damage, from AoE, sometimes im even set ablaze and get another two 1d4 ...
So in total 3-12 dmge dealt even tho you missed, that is not bad deal if you ask me ... and its breaking concentration is really anoying.
