Avoiding AOE attacks - taking damage when outside of the AOE

[Joe_Schmoe]

A related gripe about this, I wish Squeenix would sync the casting animations with the cast time. It's like what Ulan said, getting damaged when you're well out of the area. But it's also not taking any damage at all even though, cosmetically, you've taken the full brunt of it as well. It's a real head scratcher why they do AoE like that. :\

[FallenArisen0990]

A related gripe about this, I wish Squeenix would sync the casting animations with the cast time. It's like what Ulan said, getting damaged when you're well out of the area. But it's also not taking any damage at all even though, cosmetically, you've taken the full brunt of it as well. It's a real head scratcher why they do AoE like that. :\

What's funny about this, is it only happens for certain attacks. I think it might have something to do with being a "unique" AoE that is affected by position/movement/etc. There have been times where I literally evade an attack at the very last second.