Krile and Pictomancer

[RitsukoSonoda]

Magnai takes up the brush, looking for a new path to find his Nhaama.

Sadu dies laughing.

Well, given that Yshtola delivered nearly fatal emotional damage to him with just 1 sentence. I could happen.

[Iscah]

However, we all know that only a Lalafell would take on this job

Sure. I never said the job is Lala specific.

It might not be what you meant, but it is what you said.

Let me see if I can be a little more specific. Moogles are staple to the FF franchise, and tribe likes the Namazu and Loporitts while cute, fit into the lore of their respective areas. Right there, I just described how these specific tribes fit into the world of FFXIV. They are their own entities that don't rely on arguments based on the existence of other cutesy things in FFXIV to justify their place. So again I ask you, how does Pictomancer fit in? Especially in regards to their battle effects.

But your argument is that pictomancer doesn't fit into the world because it doesn't match other things in the setting – which is incorrect, because there are other cute things already there. The initial justification for the first cute thing is irrelevant when the question is whether the tenth cute thing matches the rest.

Also, as much as the other jobs you listed were being requested, people were asking for pictomancer as well. I haven't gotten that far into FFVI to see the original version of it, but was fully aware of the concept because people were talking about it as a possibility.

Necromancer has been fulfilled as reaper; chemist has apparently been tried and abandoned multiple times; green mage never sounded like a compelling argument for this game and we have too many "colour mages" already. Geomancer was the only one with some potential still, and may yet come in the future, but might not translate well.

And I don't think Krile is just being forced into this as a Lalafell. She's a major cast member who is due some development and showcasing, which in FFXIV tends to go hand-in-hand with taking up a new job to be shown off. And as I said, I don't think she's as serious as you think; she's just been in serious circumstances thus far, and we still have glimpses of a more playful side to her. Her personality is not so fully explored or set in stone that we have to cry "out of character" rather than "okay, this is a side of her we haven't seen much before". By making this a canon thing, it gives her that aspect now whether she had it before or not, and it's not actually at odds with what we've seen before.

Plus it's not just some cutesy job she made up, it's a real Sharlayan discipline invented by an Archon, and if she feels like that fits her skill set, then it does.

[Ritsuka-55]

Krile is just... Krile, a forgetable character. You would remove her from the plot and you wouldn't even notice.

[Mithron]

I agree, Krile has always been more solemn and reserved in XIV. SCH would actually be a perfect fit for her as FFV Krile can talk and communicate with animals, so there would allusions to it with the fairies.

I've always wanted to see more Krile in MSQ, especially since Stormblood, but not when it demeans her character like this does.

[Yuella]

I thought she acted too much like a child in the trailer when she's supposed to be older than Alphinaud and Alisaie.

[fantasiaaddict]

here we go again, another sindriis thread

[BarghastTimes]

I don't see why they couldn't have made Yugiri the Pictomancer. I know have watched animes where ninjas used drawings for attacks.

Cause Yugiri isn't relevant anymore? And has the personality of a wet paper cloth? Not really pictomancer material.

"Yo, Yugiri, what did you draw?"

"Nothing, because I am boring."

[sindriiisgaming]

Aren't artists usually silent and depressed? Sitting alone at home, being shy and express themself through their art instead of an outgoing personality?

having worked with other artists, studied in art school and frequently attended artist alleys to both sell work and mingle with fellow artists, no. this is really just not accurate. most artists are very overworked, stressed but allways bubbly and happy to meet new ppl. we love it when people like the same games/anime/characters or even artists that we do, and can easily talk for hours to one person about it at a stall or online. this idea were all just depressed silant types is so wierd since art is literally a therapy we use to express ourselves and keep our spirits high, a place we channel love and passion, devotion and sometimes obsession. ive allways felt like those kinda of people are just inherintly like that, like a path in life they choose to go down, not one thats deeply intermingled with art. my art for example is vibrant, bright expressive and striking. i paint flowers and nature mostly, when im not drawing manga-style art. i really feel like its not common you meet a broody dark artist

[SieyaM]

Would've preferred an unknown new character for picto. I'm actually expecting the msq to be another scion slog for DT when there's no reason for it. I don't care about all the conversations about the voice actor for wuk'lamat....the character is just bad....so that also lowers my expectations....let's hope at least eng game is good and they don't ruin classes too much.

I don't think the character is all that bad, just pretty standard right now. I very easily seeing her being the false bravado type that learns real bravery and strength through the power of friendship. This comes with the standard "lol" moments we saw of being frightened by standard mobs.

[Jatoi]

Who's to say what fits who? You don't need to be a specific personality type yo be an artist. I do feel they'll need to give her more background on this though.

I wouldn't mind a background to that either, you wouldn't hear an objection from me to have the Pictomancer quests to delve into that. If Alphi weren't a Sage, he'd be perfect for this job but I think giving Krile a chance to develop and show a part of her interests isn't such a terrible thing.

I do find that stereotyping us artists though as having a set personality type strange. I know plenty of artists who are quiet and pensive people but there are many I also know who are extremely adventurous and outgoing. It's almost as if they are like people too and vary just like them!