Your decisions should based in this order:
1) Your passion for the job
2) Usefulness in solo or group situations.
3) Will it require a major upgrade (95 to 99)
I love my apoc (first relic) for the passion of the job and the usefulness of it.
Built a ragnarok well... for the bandwagonrok.
But a ghorn benefits a group and yourself as well.
The brd is hardly benefiting from buffing up everybody, unless it's your brd alt, buffing your main. Just sayin'