whats up with the pictomancer hate

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I don't see much hate, then again I'm not going into those threads, or I'm subconsciously glossing over them haha.

I agree that Pictomancer could be interesting and exciting, but I think it's a shame that Pictomancer is the main job and Beastmaster is the restricted option when I was hoping the order was reversed, especially since Pictomancer appears to be a generic caster when I was hoping for something new, but time will tell.

The reveal of pictomancer is a bit odd, but interesting given the archetypes we're used to in MMOs.
I also agree that Beastmaster should have been the job, but I assume it's because physical ranged has the newer addition (DNC) over magical ranged (RDM) which was almost 6 years ago. I honestly would have waited a few years for a full beastmaster job if that is what they were concerned about. I like the classical rpg archetypes, especially hunters.

Agree! Looks horrible..
imagine ... the ice..if it had textures like these instead:

Obv this is a crystal and not ice.. but you get to see the style.

I assume the animations and graphics we saw are exactly what we're getting or close to it. To give it a real ice look would probably make it look too close to BLM. To give the earth spell a real earth look would look too SMN. I don't know how the final look would be, but it's definitely off-putting from what little I saw.

Quick reminder that this is the character whom inspired the job.

Relm's been around for 30 years.

TBH I like this pictomancer better. It's more subdued, the gist of the job is there, the spells are playful but not over the top.

This argument is predicated on players requiring to actually play the job in order to have a first impression. If you understand that it is a first impression, then you should also understand that it isn't irrational for a new job release to fall short if player expectation. If players wanted something like Green Mage or Geomancer, it should be understandable why they are disappointed. They are not fully judging it, or even attempting to. They are making an assessment based of what is shown to them.

They also know what the job is. It has been explained in full. It's a caster. It starts at lv80. It attacks the enemy using illustrations. It uses caster gear. It requires the new expansion in order to unlock it. Of course they don't know how it plays. If the first impression doesn't interest them, then why should they even care?



Think of the player as an employer, and the new job is the candidate being interviewed. An employer truly doesn't know how an employee will perform until after they hire them, so they have to make a decision purely based in judgment and first impressions. For many of the caster mains out there, Pictomancer did not make it past the interview stage.

This. Like I said on your BLU thread - I will not waste my time. I don't have much of it. Many of my first impressions on jobs turned out true and I've played them all. The only exception I've ever been proven wrong by was DNC.


But of course I will level and play it because I give all jobs a chance, I just know I probably will not enjoy it.
And if I'm proven wrong that I won't enjoy the job then kudos.