It doesn't show the TP being readied at all if it's paralyzed; same as Counter. At least, that's what bgwiki and ffxiclopedia have always said about the subject. I don't know exactly what testing was done to prove this, or how you would, but there it is. I dunno though, as many debuffs are in the .dats that we haven't had access to, it would be kinda cool to get up to Dia/Bio VI and Toad, Death, etc. But I'm sure the -ga versions of those would come out too because every "primary" mage job would whine about it and we'd be back at square one. Here's hoping today's announcement means worthwhile AF1-3 bonuses in the november update.

How about a mix of the 2 ideas? En-III spells could be a mix of I and II and also add a debuff of their element, i.e. a chance at adding Addle for Enfire III? that sounds like it could be pretty cool. I do like the idea of having it cast the ACTUAL spell though. How many Final Fantasy games had Fire Rods that actually used the spell, for example?

But I guess that's what Enchanting is for. :\