Quote Originally Posted by Zebraoracle View Post
But... Spell 1, 2, and 3 IS the classic, original style, I thought?
This has been said multiple times in other topics, but the spell naming convention the series went with since FF8 makes a lot more sense in XIV than going for pre Playstation era nostalgia because the number associated with the spells don't say ANYTHING about what their use in combat is, often leading to the novice mistakes of assuming going with the higher number = better.

Furthermore relying on 80s and 90s nostalgia with the spell names is pointless since Final Fantasy games, remasters and remakes included, have been using the ra, ga, ja, etc suffixes far longer than the numbers, making it far more likely people are more aware of them than not.