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>lots of retarded random encounter enemies, like ones that can cast sleep/paralysis on your entire party; you can Game Over to unavoidable bad luck
These were very true to old pen and paper conversion mechanics in old RPGs, as magic was often designed in ways that could easily wipe parties if not protected. Just like in said pen and paper games as well as in later years with infinity engine games, magic defense/evasion is what prevents those scenarios. In FF2 these spells have both a % to hit as well as a maximum number of hits (which needs to beat out the comparative evade % as well as the number of max evades) so increasing either of those helps. Multiple spells revolve around increasing those stats in battle as well.
>the further you get in the game, the less useful armor/defense becomes; enemies just start hitting for absurd damage no matter how much defense you have, so you have to grind Evasion stat and wear no armor so that attacks just miss
Armor weight is an important balancing act between evasion and defense. Heavier armor is supposed to coincide with getting hit a lot and building your stamina. Basically you choose between dodging and soaking damage as you're developing your character, while unfortunately evasion ends up being more effective overall. Tanking is still plenty viable though, and heavy armor runs just require more healing and maybe some buff spells to make them more comfortable.

Not that your opinions are wrong, just that some of them come from a lack of understanding of what's actually happening, or what mindset they intended for the player. The game is very esoteric in a lot of regards, so people not understanding things like armor's weight and its affect on evasion or exactly what actions affect stat growths is perfectly understandable. Not OP, but I guess my point is more that people would enjoy the game a lot more if they weren't trying to constantly slam square pegs in round holes.

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Why does no one have any actual criticisms of this game?