It's the aesthetics of it all that bothers some people. I'd be a little offput if something like Flare ended up doing less damage than a fireball despite the overemphasis on the former's effects.

I mean you have something that deals a "3 hit combo" being one of your strongest hitters as a PLG, yet an attack that either involves smashing into the goddamn ground to create shockwaves or a "5 hit combo" which has you kicking hard enough to create visual shockwaves does equal or less than that.

It's a nitpick, but hey, I'm the sort of person that's extremely bothered by the concept of the relic lore.