Quote Originally Posted by remiff View Post
I really think that developers have this flaw of never wanting to nerf a job, even when it’s completely overtuned.
Instead, they prefer to buff other jobs—but they often do it poorly.

The Pictomancer and its kit are simply overpowered, and this is no secret, not even to the devs.
The problem is that the Pictomancer renders both the BLM and Summoner obsolete in FRU.

The Pictomancer’s DPS exceeds the Summoner’s by over 3k, which is simply colossal given the kit it has. The BLM, despite the changes, is still not in a good place.

The Red Mage isn’t that great either, but it’s much better than the Summoner in terms of DPS, has good mobility, and can double rez, making it very useful in fights like FRU.
However, the Pictomancer completely outclasses all the casters.

The caster balance is just a mess, probably one of the worst states it’s been in since FF14’s release.
I know the game has gone through other crises where caster balance was poor or the Summoner was broken in all content.

However, the Pictomancer isn’t doing too badly in terms of being a giga unbalanced job.
I agree PCT need some nerfs but honestly smn belongs at the bottom of casters. In fact it shouldn't even be a caster anymore and be moved to phy range bc how easy it is and little casting it actually does. SMN rework ruin that job and it deserves to be at rock bottom till the devs realize they f up and make it into a caster again.