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Originally Posted by awall
I didn't say that you'll never be within the area of effect; I said you'll never be the target of a beneficial ability (unless the monster is charmed). There are relatively few beneficial targetted monster abilities, but there are a handful (Lick, for example), and the AI will never use them on you.
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That is true about things like Lick, there is no way the pc would use it on you unless charmed. But remember Zodiac learning FAQ on gamefaqs, you can't intentionally charm your summoner to use Zodiac on you to learn it. It doesn't work that way, the enemy has to charm you, to use it on you. The charming party can't learn the abilities, therefore you can't learn Lick from charming a Morbol. You need a control ability of some sort like Manipulate Materia from FF VII, but that isn't in the game.
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Originally Posted by awall
Also, the AI is usually smart enough to step away from your characters before using abilities like Choco Cure. The only time it will hit you with them is if it is cornered and/or if it is trying to heal one if its allies and the only way it can stand next to the ally also involves standing next to your characters.
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You said it yourself, the AI would move to a spot where it can't help you, but if its healing that usually means you have the advantage and are in close proximity for the benefits of the ability. Therefore it wouldn't be hard to learn Choco Cure at all for example. I got hit by it many times.
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Originally Posted by awall
Always targets the caster, no area of effect. There is literally no way to get this to hit anybody except the caster; even if the AI tried, it couldn't cast this on you. This was one of the first things I thought of as a cool thing to give a blue mage, but alas, there is no way to learn it.
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Good point, well if a Blue Mage was in the game they might have considered redisigning the ability to be a one panel horizontal target ability.