Same here. I really tried to get used to them, for many many hours, hoping that it would “click” with me eventually … but they’ve been useless at best and extremely annyoing at worst, so I keep them turned off permanently. The only situation where I would consider using them, would be when Nintendo gave us the option to turn the sage avatars off but keep the ability accessible. Until that happens, they all stay in limbo.

And TBH I don’t see the point. They could have added the sage abilities to the “rune wheel” or gave them a separate selection with the same setup altogether. An easy-to-access quick menu, no NPC’s standing in the way, no need to toggle the entire ability on/off every time.