Pictomancer - QoL Change

I realize that Pictomancer is already, incredibly powerful so this will likely get a side-eye, but I think Pictomancer desperately needs the following QoL update.

QoL Update:

1. Upon entering a duty, all available motif's are automatically drawn.

Reason:

1. When tanks/party members do not wait for Pictomancer's to fully pre-draw everything before engaging combat ( Raids, Bosses, Etc ) it throws off the entire two minute burst window.

2. Forcing us to pre-draw adds nothing to the experience, adds no meaningful gameplay and just wastes the entire party's time and has a negative impact to the overall encounter when the group either simply doesn't wait or just forgot to wait on us.

This is a pretty basic QoL change that benefits everyone. I think I remember reading something about Sage getting adjusted with addersting on load in for similar issues.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyeria

I realize that Pictomancer is already, incredibly powerful so this will likely get a side-eye, but I think Pictomancer desperately needs the following QoL update.

QoL Update:

1. Upon entering a duty, all available motif's are automatically drawn.

Reason:

1. When tanks/party members do not wait for Pictomancer's to fully pre-draw everything before engaging combat ( Raids, Bosses, Etc ) it throws off the entire two minute burst window.

2. Forcing us to pre-draw adds nothing to the experience, adds no meaningful gameplay and just wastes the entire party's time and has a negative impact to the overall encounter when the group either simply doesn't wait or just forgot to wait on us.

Forced manual drawing before raids feels exactly like protect + stoneskin 2 felt: a kind of pointless delay that only serves to make everyone else either wait on you or screw you over. Great idea!

I would like to add that since pictomancer already stacks a lot of actions into single buttons, I would suggest making the buttons that are locked out based on stance (the 1-2-3, holy/dark) share the same button as their stance parallel (since stance changes literally disable using the other one anyway) and then use the freed up space to add more mechanics and make the class feel a bit more complex than it does. Could also combine hammer's button into the button that activates it. With three more buttons freed up there's at least enough room to add one new variation to each painting slot, or expand what's already there.

As-is, picto is highly effective but extremely straightforward and mildly underwhelming and boring as a result. But there's definitely potential here, and I think they could really capitalize on that with adding a bit more on top.