i think the battles in FF aren't like they seem. I'm not sure they all stand there in line in from of a huge monster and they are all there receiving almost every blast without noticing it... i guess the battles are more.... i don't really know the word i'm searching but let's say figurative("au figuré" pour ceux qui comprennent ce qui écrit dans la parenthèse), or imaginative. The battles are real in their world but they may not appear like they are(for us). The numbers are ways to see the way it turns out... so even thought in the game every hit does damage in their world the target could have dodged it or blocked it... the way we see their world's battle is a better to add imagination and possibility then just hit like in Zelda or Devil May Cry or whatever.... someone understands?