Quote Originally Posted by MikkoAkure View Post
ACN/SMN/SCH use a book as their main weapon which I think is closer to the silly side. It’s hard to look serious in cutscenes when WoL opens their book menacingly at an Ascian, or a rampaging goobbue, or a Garlean legatus. At least the paintbrushes somewhat resemble staves used by BLM and WHM and one BLM staff is indeed a paintbrush.

Back in ARR I think I remember as a SMN main being in melee range in coils so I could hit the enemy with my book for more DPS, which looked as goofy as it sounds. They also summon cutesy carbuncles and faeries.

I think after it’s released most people will get over the shock of it and it’ll be just as normal as ACN/SMN/SCH are now.
Kek, I laughed. Yep, there are definitely classes that look more serious in cutscenes. That said, it all comes down to one thing: the grimoire is ancient. Once again, it's a pretty standard weapon (dnd, which ff is heavily inspired by).

... Except when your character uses it to knock out an ascian, I agree.

But at the end of the day, once again the ‘debate’ (or exchange of opinion here, no doubt) gets sidetracked. The fact that the PIC is original isn't a problem. On the contrary! I can only speak for myself, but when I heard it was going to be the next job, my reaction was: ‘oh. That's... Super cool!’ It's original, and it's bloody brilliant to have a job that's all about bringing images to life. It's got a bit of a philosophical side to it that I was really into at first.

Except that the artist I had in mind was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgdg...nnel=rendermax