I have no idea what you're trying to suggest. That lucy spell description matches the
P99 description exactly.
I'm assuming Magnification=100% is normal version, <100% is zoomed in, and >100% is zoomed out.
Telescope is Magnification=55% so it zooms in your vision by 45%.
Assiduous Vision is Magnification=130% so it zooms the camera out by 30%.
Where is the confusion here? Everything seems accurate to me.
The spell effect text for Assiduous Vision is "Your spirit drifts from your body." It's like an out of body experience type effect. So the zoom out effect even matches thematically.
IMO the only valid question is whether the player was prevented from casting Assiduous Vision on themselves in classic. You can definitely cast it on yourself in current live EQ so you'd have to prove that the targeting was changed in a patch somewhere.