08-23-2015, 11:17 PM
The base spells get status effects, which can be chained into some pretty strong spells. Someone gets burned, Detonate becomes available. Water on a heavily clad warrior, then use Engulf and watch as they struggle. Having a chance to get those statuses on multiple enemies seems to be a large buff, to me. I believe it staying at the AoE of a -ra spell is fine.