Suikoden 2 - unite magic problem

[MadB@t]

I finally reached the point where my Rina has 3 rune slots. She has wizard, flowing and thunder equipped. Flowing being the better water rune and thunder is the improved lightning rune.
In the non remastered game, I think I remember you could use unite magic with a single character and I was expecting I could select the Thor magic from Rina, but it is not available.

I also tried using cyclone and mother earth on Luc which should give him access to the united T4 wind/earth magic, but same problem. Can't select united magic from a single char.

Did they remove the opportunity to use unite magic from a single character in the remaster?
That would be horrible. It was the main advantage of the multiple run system for mages.
Add 2 unite runes on a single char to give him access to the best spells.

At least you can still run doublebeat+doublejab+fury on sheena/sid/chaco, but damn. Sucks for the mages.
I don't like this at all!

[Vex]

Do Luc and Rina both have at least 2 uses of 4th level spells?

[MadB@t]

Ah no, that might be the issue then. Not yet at lvl 50+ where they would get that 2nd cast of highest tier magic.

[Vex]

Let us know when they've got two charges of fourth level spells, because that'd be a sad change if it's true that they can't use unite magic by themselves.

[MadB@t]

Forgot to confirm, but Luc indeed had the advanced unite spell available once I had a 2nd charge of tier 4 magic.