Focused Fist

The thing is Focused Fist's Strike Zone is by default 700 distance. The reach of its impact still depends on what rank the user has but the distance of the 'visual' strike zone will always be 700 distance.

The gauge, or distance which the strike zone shows, can also be altered depending on how flat or bumpy the ground is. If the the user were to point outward from the top of a slope/hill it will fully display the 700 distance - no matter what rank the user has. On a completely flat surface the strike zone will sometimes stretch or compressed also. It is hard to describe it but the strike zone itself is an optical illusion.

Ehh kinda like range of a hill. So basically speaking...the "strike zone" seen is just the default, but doesn't stretch enough to see the actual strike distance? Something along those lines maybe?

Yep. The visual strike zone doesn't get affected by the users rank. It is confusing if you were at a lower rank when it displays 700 distance even though you can't really hit anything that far.

So essentially, the visual is 500 range, but at Ranks 9 and 1, the visual doesn't match the actual range, am I correct?

What is being displayed is 700 distance from Novice to Rank 1. The range/reach of the user does not match what the strike zone is showing...

Ohh...sounds like a bug.

That's a surprise.

Now that I see, it isn't a bug. The strike zone is really 700 distance. Maybe it's just my character?