Quote Originally Posted by Hohenheim View Post
Thats true, but I really think that if they don't add this then maybe they should add a farther hit distance to all ae spells mainly because you shouldn't have to be on top of who ever to get the spell ability to hit them. Visual aids can be extremely helpful though for certain abilities that lack in any animation like blizzara and bene.
Totally understand what you're saying, but it seems like you want the system to adapt to you rather than you adapting to the system. TBH they may change the way AOE works in ARR entirely (e.g. you might cast Blizzara at a target rather than around yourself, who knows), but that is rampant speculation.

Also, you can use Resonance to increase the effective range of your AoE ^^