1,2,3...

or -a, -aga- and sometimes aja?

When it comes to spell levels, do you prefer old school numbering or the flavor text variety?

-ra, -aga definitely. Makes it sound more magicky.

I like the Flavour text, let me cast Fire Storm instead of Fire2

I prefer the numbers, honestly.

Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.

If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.

If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?

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Oh, my sweet son. You're making it blatantly obvious that you're really new to the series :love:

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Originally Posted by Fynn

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.

If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?

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Oh, my sweet son. You're making it blatantly obvious that you're really new to the series :love:

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Don't mock me! I refuse to be mocked! :colbert:

I like ra and aga but I prefer Ice and Bolt to Blizzard and Thunder and while Iceara and Iceaga doesnt really roll off the tounge I think Frost/Frostara/Frostaga would have been a good substitute

I want numbers. It's the same spell you're casting, you've just gotten better at it so it's stronger, but it takes more out of you.

I prefer Thunder / a / aga compared to Bolt 1 / 2 / 3, but I wouldn't complain if they went back to the old numbered system. I wonder what even made them change it in FFVIII onwards?

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Originally Posted by fat_moogle

I prefer Thunder / a / aga compared to Bolt 1 / 2 / 3, but I wouldn't complain if they went back to the old numbered system. I wonder what even made them change it in FFVIII onwards?

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They actually were always the fire/a/aga classification, the earlier games just didn't have the space limits to translate properly. Kind of like how the Scan spell is Libra but libra itself is a shorten version of library. The real question is why VII didn't change it when it most likely could have.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Carnelian

Having numbers for the spell names seems a bit jarring.

If you were a mage and you named a spell, you wouldn't call it 'Ice 7', would you?

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You've never met Red Mage, have you?

I like the a-ra-aga more :jess:

Mages being a vocal class, the spells should more fun to say. So the a/ra is better. But spells are at their strongest when they're an onomatopoeia. Kaboomle and Kaswooshle being the best spell names ever.