Just got to level 18 and cast Earthquake. It... knocked down most of my party as well as my companions, who promptly complained and gave me -10 attitude. WTF.

I tried a few of the other similar tier spells at the same time, like Storm (can also hit you, it seems) and hail storm but at least you can target them away from your character. Earthquake just emanates out of you, so...

What am I missing? Is this working as intended? I can't see why it would be worth using. Even if you did get the whole party immune to knockdown just for Earthquake, wouldn't your comps complain about getting hurt?

This is't the end cap I expected... major letdown unless I'm not thinking about it right.