AQs 2NL

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The argument for raising more the more limpers there are is for isolation - you want to reduce the field so that you are only playing the flop against 1 or 2 opponents rather than 4, 5, 7, or whatever the number may be. When you are playing against many players, the likelihood that you have the best hand on the flop drops dramatically. Also, you can't really bluff or outplay that many opponents.

The usual tactic that people use is 4xBB + 1BB for every limper. AQ is good enough of a hand where you can raise that much and you don't have to worry about it being too much.

Looking at the flop you got, if you were only playing against a couple of opponents, you very likely have the best hand, and the flop is much easier to play.

Playing against many more opponents, who knows? You might be up against A4, AT, T4, 44, one or more flush draws - all kinds of stuff. Better to get the riff raff out of there...it makes playing the flop much less of a headache