Do caster out of combat options matter?

[Psyren]

And, again, I am trying top fathom why you are conflating the two very different ideas of "utility options need to matter" and "utility options must be required" despite the fact that the difference has been explained to you ad nauseam.

You can make those choices matter without punishing the parties that didn't take them. That's all I'm saying; I won't speak for Samurai but I don't think he's far off that either.