Okay, maybe I haven't quite beat Final Fantasy fifty times, but I HAVE played through the game a lot of times over the years. Some have even cited me as being an expert on the game, although I feel that this expertise must have been incomplete if I just now am learning some new things about the game.

Plus, not to mention, I'm only just now working through the four White Mage challenge in the game, which is how I came across this discovery.

With this group, winning fast is not an option against anything other than the undead. I have gained a new favorite spell on White Mage, and believe it or not this is a Level One spell. According to FFWiki, RUSE increases the caster's evasion by 80. I have no way to actually test this number, but I do know that I start any tough fight with all four mages casting RUSE on themselves, and after that the monsters miss. A lot.

Of course with a traditional group this doesn't help a whole lot, but even then there are battles where it comes down to every hit counting. And, later in the game, how much will you miss that one level one spell's MP?

Have any of you ever had revelations like this, even after "mastering" a game?