I Was Looking Forward To Playing Pictomancer

[Calysto]

I love the creativity of the job. you can paint a whole 4 body parts (while playing Dr Frankenstein and sending more or less completed corpses at people) , one hammer and a landscape. such freedom of expression !

I can't wait for the Values being as bad as AdderSting and having using the sketch being DPS loss aside the 3 you get before the fight, but this time not even with the redeeming value of healing/shielding

[Averax]

I truly don't think you can know how complex or simple something is to you until you've got it in your own hands. It didn't look very complicated to me but i simply won't know until i try it myself.

[CidHeiral]

I doubt it's actually as complicated as it seems, but even if that is the case the obvious solution there is if you don't like it, don't play it.

Picto's aesthetics don't appeal to me at all, but if it turns out to actually be a complicated job I think that is a wonderful addition to a game that is increasingly being dumbed down across the board. It is important that the game have a wide variety of jobs at different complexities to cater to different player preferences. It is completely irrelevant if a job is the "least played" or not.

[Pip_Chick]

I can bonk people with the hammer. This is the best job!
I love the effects as well, they are so cute!

Also, I was asking and praying for something with more complexity. Pictomancer seems to have hit the target!

[GoatOfWar]

I doubt it's actually as complicated as it seems, but even if that is the case the obvious solution there is if you don't like it, don't play it.

Picto's aesthetics don't appeal to me at all, but if it turns out to actually be a complicated job I think that is a wonderful addition to a game that is increasingly being dumbed down across the board. It is important that the game have a wide variety of jobs at different complexities to cater to different player preferences. It is completely irrelevant if a job is the "least played" or not.

Didn't you get the memo? Jobs must be designed for everyone these days.

[SkyCake]

I'm the exact opposite. My expectations for Pictomancer before the job trailer were low. Really disliked the way the job looked to the point I thought I would even dislike it more than Summoner.

Now, I'm actually excited to try it out. Like, to the point where I could see myself going through Dawntrail as a Pictomancer. A lion lady painting pictures. A complete 180 on the job because I thought it just really looked terrible from the job reveal.

[HeyMcFly]

It looks just as "complicated" as how Monk works- certain actions will result in x,y, or z skill execution
I intended to main Picto when it was revealed, and still do

[Elkanah]

Pictomancer just looks like NIN without mudras and just drawings in place. Honestly, it looks fun lol. I'm looking forward to both jobs.

[Taliriah]

Pictomancer just looks like NIN without mudras and just drawings in place. Honestly, it looks fun lol. I'm looking forward to both jobs.

It seems complicated when they go into all the details of the animal motif rotation and such, but since you have no control over said rotation it has zero gameplay value. And it's nothing like mudras, the three canvas are independent. You don't get to cast different effects by combining different motifs. Anyway only the first canvas has more than one motif, and it's on a preset rotation, so it's purely cosmetic.

[Elkanah]

It seems complicated when they go into all the details of the animal motif rotation and such, but since you have no control over said rotation it has zero gameplay value. And it's nothing like mudras, the three canvas are independent. You don't get to cast different effects by combining different motifs. Anyway only the first canvas has more than one motif, and it's on a preset rotation, so it's purely cosmetic.

There's no such thing as "complicated" jobs. Only people who can't use their skills properly (which is 85% of casual players who don't bother to read or learn their jobs proper cause they could care less since they don't do endgame anyways). The gameplay style is exactly like popping 1 mudra and using a shuriken, or popping a couple paint pictures in place to then replace with something else entirely after a set, a couple slots, or all slots. Like EVERY single job in the game, it only LOOKS that way. But after a week, I guarantee you someone will have Viper AND Pictomancer posted on reddit or meta discords where players understand basic concepts of the job and overall DPS numbers. If people would just READ their skills (that's where 98% of the issues with players come from. NOT. READING. SKILLS).