This is FFXI, not law school; they can do whatever the hell they want.Except that our arbitrary criteria is the precedent set by every other spell line in the game... Every other spell with a 2 after it's name, does the job of the spell with no number next to its name, better...
When the target takes little to no physical damage and/or increased magical damage? This was also the correct way to Ceremonial Dagger things to death before the level cap increase kinda killed that strategy.It's actually DAMAGE being determined at the time of the strike as opposed to the time of the cast. for what sane reason should you reward someone for TPing in their enhancing skill build?
A little imagination goes a long way~