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    Archwizard Drake
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    There's actually an interesting book in Gubal Library (Hard) that covers the reasoning for the current system.

    Basically, while something like "Cure, Cura, Curaga" is a classic evolutionary chain, step 4 is inconsistent; -ja, -sa, -za, -gun, etc. have all been used to denote something stronger than -ga, and that only complicates matters more for potential further evolutions (though there are admittedly zero Rank 5 spells in-game at the moment, with Stone V being replaced by Glare, and no DPS gaining any spells above IV in two expansions).

    It's also just a complicated FF in-joke that non-veteran players won't get. To claim the number system is not intuitive because Fire III isn't a rank off of Fire II isn't really a solid counter-argument if nobody gets "Fire", "Fira", "Firaga" except fans who will recognize the difference.
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    Last edited by Archwizard; 07-29-2019 at 07:53 PM.