Do you think that Picto needs a nerf?

[Realfoxy]

With the exception of white mage, none of those jobs truly gain in the presence of downtime, they just lose much less than the gauge builders.

The fact is, having more jobs with unique mechanic that reward them in downtime scenarios while being inconsequential in full uptime scenarios is a net positive for class design and balance. It gives jobs different selling points and paths to their power.

The Olympic stretch is going for the gold. Nerfing picto becuase it dominates in one fight that majority of the player base will never is just the equivalent of giving everyone a participation award. That is to say, thanks for playing the same class as everyone else with a different skin. Black Mage and Picto are balanced in savage at the moment, the most popular raiding content in the game at this current moment. That is what is important. This whole thing just highlights how silly it was for SE to basically design none of the other jobs with a substantial gain from downtime. Even white mage could afford to gain more from it, however white mage is screwed by its proximity to astrologian, not becuase downtime like black mage is when compared to picto.

Stop spreading this misinformation. Black Mage is not competing with PCT in full uptime Savage, it's behind, and the 7.1 buffs did not address the problem. Look at 7.05 data for M3S, a full uptime fight. PCT is ahead by 5% in rDPS and is ahead by 14%!!! in cDPS. And before you ask, the BLM buffs in 7.1 were nowhere close to closing that gap.

If BLM isn't ahead in full uptime, it's going to be completely hopeless in downtime fights. If BLM isn't ahead in rDPS, then it's going to be behind once buff contribution is factored in with cDPS.

If the PCT fans want PCT to have a niche, then its niche can be "high burst - good with buffs and downtime (high cDPS), less good in an unco-ordinated party (lower rDPS) or with killtimes not favouring burst". You can't have your niche be "best DPS in every situation in the game + party shield utility".

RE: Other people's point's about downtime: I'm fine with giving other jobs better downtime tools, however I personally find that playing around and managing downtime to be interesting skill expression. PCT motif painting is good because it's not just "slam button". So long as these downtime tools are well designed and in theme with the jobs - SAM meditate is a good example - I think they would make good additions.