Relm Arrowny Job (aka Pictomancer)

[Gemina]

I thought it was a joke at first. I was even on my seat thinking, "That Yoshi-P sure does like to trollol sometimes." Then imagine my horror when I realized it was real.

If other players out there like it, that's fine. But I can't help but see this as SE's flagship is headed right towards the iceberg. The most positive thing I took from the trailer was that they actually used a female Midlander to display a new job, but then my thoughts shifted to, "They used a female Midlander to display this job." The concept does not work for this game, and even if trying to shoehorn it in, everything from the battle effects to the gear is well below the established standards for FFXIV.

I know the job might be up to par when it comes to how it performs in game. This is coming purely from what we have seen in the past when they preview new jobs coming to the game. Remember the flare of RDM, and SAM's impression of raw power? Remember DNC's elegance and beauty, and GNB's homage to the fan favorite Squall Lionhart? How about SGE's tribute to Gundam, and RPR being the DRK everyone had been asking for?

What happened, SE? Seriously. WTF happened?

[Vainbaal]

If other players out there like it, that's fine. But I can't help but see this as SE's flagship is headed right towards the iceberg.
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This is coming purely from what we have seen in the past when they preview new jobs coming to the game.

I agree with you on this, plus for those who were looking for a new caster for 6-7 years (Stormblood was released in June 2017) seeing what other roles got compared to this is disheartening for at least me. My positive take away on the job is that it's going to at least not be tied down at being a support job like Red Mage is currently like I was hoping for. I do plan to give the job a fair try before making a full opinion as I have been looking for a replacement caster after Summoner was changed in 6.0 and not really feeling the current 3. But if I feel that job is not a good fit to play, I hope we don't have to wait another 6 to 7 years for a new caster again plus I would hope that does not fall into the support category.

However, I do hope the developers make some changes to the job quickly, such as the sloshing and squishing sound effects as I think it will get annoying after running the job for a period of time. As well as I hope they update the vfx of the attacks, I get that it has to have the painted feel to the attacks to it, but they just look bland to me. Take a look at the Demon Chadarnook fight in Sigmascape V2.0 the paintings there did not have a poorly rendered animation instead they looked like the actual proper vfx effect after the paint was applied (waterfall to weaken the fire aoe, the rock to block the flood attack), even the boss attacks were also not paint splashes as well despite pulling effects from the images. I mean they can still keep the paint part but transition the effect to look what the actual animation is depicting (such as the ice and Titan Gaol attack).