Pictomancer animations underwhelming

[Mikey_R]

Real talk, have they ever changed an animation after they’ve shown it?

Whilst it could be seen as a different scenario, one that sticks out is Dark Knight's original Darkside Aura, first shown in the Hevensward job action trailer:

HW Job action trailer (Time stamped to Dark Knight)

As shown, they used to have dark/black flames around the feet which was removed on release. There might be other examples I am unaware of, however, this is one case where an animation has been changed before release. The aura was also large and obnoxious on release, so it was toned down and made a bit dimmer.

There are also sound effects that have been changed for various jobs, however since this is just sound effects and not visual effects, I won't elaborate further, just thought it would be something worth mentioning. I also haven't mentioned changes where animations were changed to match a new targeting scope, like Tornado Kick going from single target to AoE, or Overpower going from a cone to circle among others.

[Absurdity]

Whilst it could be seen as a different scenario, one that sticks out is Dark Knight's original Darkside Aura, first shown in the Hevensward job action trailer:

HW Job action trailer (Time stamped to Dark Knight)

As shown, they used to have dark/black flames around the feet which was removed on release. There might be other examples I am unaware of, however, this is one case where an animation has been changed before release. The aura was also large and obnoxious on release, so it was toned down and made a bit dimmer.

There are also sound effects that have been changed for various jobs, however since this is just sound effects and not visual effects, I won't elaborate further, just thought it would be something worth mentioning. I also haven't mentioned changes where animations were changed to match a new targeting scope, like Tornado Kick going from single target to AoE, or Overpower going from a cone to circle among others.

Those are technically not animations, just VFX. To take your Overpower example, the animation is still exactly the same, it's just the "shockwave" effect that was changed from a frontal cone to a circle.

But the thread name is making the same error since the OP is talking about the underwhelming VFX and not the actual character animations.
So you're still correct, they could absolutely change the VFX before release.

[HeyMcFly]

Those are technically not animations, just VFX. To take your Overpower example, the animation is still exactly the same, it's just the "shockwave" effect that was changed from a frontal cone to a circle.

But the thread name is making the same error since the OP is talking about the underwhelming VFX and not the actual character animations.
So you're still correct, they could absolutely change the VFX before release.

YES, the VFX (thank youuuu I wasn't sure what the terminology was) is very underwhelming
I wish it'd let us change the title name :/

[HeyMcFly]

Whilst it could be seen as a different scenario, one that sticks out is Dark Knight's original Darkside Aura, first shown in the Hevensward job action trailer:

HW Job action trailer (Time stamped to Dark Knight)

As shown, they used to have dark/black flames around the feet which was removed on release. There might be other examples I am unaware of, however, this is one case where an animation has been changed before release. The aura was also large and obnoxious on release, so it was toned down and made a bit dimmer.

There are also sound effects that have been changed for various jobs, however since this is just sound effects and not visual effects, I won't elaborate further, just thought it would be something worth mentioning. I also haven't mentioned changes where animations were changed to match a new targeting scope, like Tornado Kick going from single target to AoE, or Overpower going from a cone to circle among others.

MCH had gotten some VFX and actual character animations added because used to, it was very unimpressive and much of the feedback for MCH was how boring it was (along with performance issues iirc)

[Valence]

Be careful what you ask for, MCH isn't exactly a success story in feedback > changes..

[Sequora]

in all honesty picto should have been the limited job, its not just the animations that feel off but there multiple things that just kinda throw of the vibe of the game.

1: the fact kriel couldnt have been the sch now that alphinuad is sge. to me itd make sense not only is she a plainsfolk but also an academic

2: im gonna assume they'll tie its lore with toral just like viper (im not gonna opine on this yet)

3: gameplay they've already said its not gonna be able to rez, as well as not do damage like blm (for obvious reasons) so unless they plan on making like the vid (posted below) i dont see where this job fits in the caster line up, granted im not caster main so maybe it'll find its home in pvp or just the casual space which isnt an issue i guess

4: ironically having it as a non limited job seems like it'll limit the creativity of what the job could have been capable of, hell they could have even tied the sight seeing aspect of the game to the job

all in all i'll have to wait & see but the 1st impression i got isnt something i'm excited for

https://youtu.be/KiA-ipPAlgI?si=hQlhVJC4cD4y6DpH

Picto would be a terrible limited job… what would be the gimmick? Blue mage has learning all of their spells from enemies, and beast master is going to be Pokémon. Limited jobs each have their own gimmick to make it different.

It should be limited because of a lack of Rez? Uh oh, someone should tell the black mages they’ve been playing a limited job this whole time. That’s where the job fits. It’ll deal similar aDPS to black mage.

Just because you don’t like the aesthetic, doesn’t mean it should be a limited job lol.

[Sequora]

What school system failed me? Have you reread anything from your post? Zero capitalization and terrible grammar.

They didn’t choose pictomancer because of Krile. Caster is long overdue for a job and this is the route they went. She would have been whichever caster they designed.

In the end it doesn’t matter because Pictomancer isn’t a limited job lol.

[RyanCousland]

What school system failed me? Have you reread anything from your post? Zero capitalization and terrible grammar.

They didn’t choose pictomancer because of Krile. Caster is long overdue for a job and this is the route they went. She would have been whichever caster they designed.

In the end it doesn’t matter because Pictomancer isn’t a limited job lol.

the school system that didnt teach you reading comprehension or the distinction between punctuation and grammar, i'll put the definition here take a min to read it but in your case take the whole the day.

gram·mar
/ˈɡramər/
noun: the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.

as for your kriel comment, now you wanna move goalpost eh? you realize thats not even the basis of the argument but fine you might be right that she wouldve been another dps but doesnt change the fact that it'd be a terrible choice all the same.

[Valence]

You know a thread has reached a pinnacle when it's about who has the best grammar.

[Iscah]

Pictomancer is not a limited job because they had a concept for making it a standard job. Simple as that.

Catching different beasts sounds far better suited to a side-content job than a standard battle job.