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[rewd]

PCT is highly mobile, lacks MP dependence, and comes with its own raidwide mitigation. They could have designated this as a physical ranged job if they wanted to.

This forum has the most insane takes on caster jobs, it's crazy.

[W00by]

Would you like to give some evidence for why you feel that this Picto take is insane? Smudge is among the best mobility skills in the game, and Swiftcast + Hammer Motif + Hammer Muse + Hammer Combo is an incredibly strong mobility resource that the Picto can move around between burst phases on the odd minute. Swiftcast + Motif in general is a stronger Swiftcast option than certain other hard casters have. I, too, think PCT is highly mobile when played at a high level.

[Supersnow845]

Would you like to give some evidence for why you feel that this Picto take is insane? Smudge is among the best mobility skills in the game, and Swiftcast + Hammer Motif + Hammer Muse + Hammer Combo is an incredibly strong mobility resource that the Picto can move around between burst phases on the odd minute. Swiftcast + Motif in general is a stronger Swiftcast option than certain other hard casters have. I, too, think PCT is highly mobile when played at a high level.

The fact that PCT and BLM have far wider IQR’s than the melee indicates that people struggle much more to maximise their uptime compared to the melee

[W00by]

I don't disagree that there is a struggle for the majority of players when compared to melee, that's not what I mean at all.

I simply mean when all tools are used properly, Picto has a very high control over when to use its longest cast times and super strong mobility skills beyond that. Just because people aren't using them necessarily doesn't mean they aren't there.

[Supersnow845]

I don't disagree that there is a struggle for the majority of players when compared to melee, that's not what I mean at all.

I simply mean when all tools are used properly, Picto has a very high control over when to use its longest cast times and super strong mobility skills beyond that. Just because people aren't using them necessarily doesn't mean they aren't there.

I mean you have to balance around what people actually do, not the theoretical perfect player

I agree PCT has a lot of mobility if you know how to use it, but saying it’s mobile by default when it has an IQR like that just isn’t representative of how the playerbase plays it, it’s more mobile than BLM but it’s basically just another “hahahaha healers adjust I’m stuck in my leylines” when BLM also has mobility tools

[W00by]

I fundamentally disagree that you have to balance around what people actually do without considering the high end at all.

If you were to, say, buff PCT's mobility right now because the majority of players struggle with using that mobility, then it would become insanely overpowered at the highest level. People already agree that it is definitely the strongest caster in the game, and in contention for the strongest job in the game. You simply cannot ignore the tools in the job when discussing how to design it.

Picto is absolutely inundated with mobility skills. Holy can be stockpiled at only a small DPS loss, the aforementioned hammer motif mobility combo is incredibly strong (without costing potential DPS the way RDM or BLM using melee combo/triple cast for mobility can), Smudge can be weaved after any casted GCD with either no uptime drop even on the CYM combo, and Comet, Prism, and the burst Hammer combo keep it moving even during 2 minutes.

Your suggestion indicates that for most players, this is not enough and PCT needs even more mobility skills, or perhaps damage buffs to make up for having "low mobility" (which is not true). But that would absolutely destroy raiding balance in perpetuity. The casual player base and hardcore player base exist at the same time, and there's nothing we can do to change that but acknowledge the facts. And, factually, PCT has more mobility skills than its caster kin (with the exception of the obvious Summoner).

[rewd]

Would you like to give some evidence for why you feel that this Picto take is insane? Smudge is among the best mobility skills in the game, and Swiftcast + Hammer Motif + Hammer Muse + Hammer Combo is an incredibly strong mobility resource that the Picto can move around between burst phases on the odd minute. Swiftcast + Motif in general is a stronger Swiftcast option than certain other hard casters have. I, too, think PCT is highly mobile when played at a high level.

You are asking for evidence why saying that PCT plays more like DNC/MCH/BRD instead of RDM/BLM? Are you trolling or are you actually serious?