Pictomancer is insanely overtuned and needs to be fixed before savage drops.

[CaedemSanguis]

We need to wait the fflog stats on the extremes

dungeon balance is useless

PCT have a high potential, like BLM, but in combat I dont know how much of it's potential you can release, playing VPR im 1st dps every time, even when there is a PCT in the party (in the lv100 content)

+ VPR have a good synergy with the DNC

[Sequora]

Don’t disagree that it might need some potency adjustments, but it needs to be up there in terms of damage. Pictomancer doesn’t have a Rez putting it in a tricky place for raiding. It needs to do a healthy amount above red mage and summoner to be competitive.

Remember, black mage deals melee DPS damage, and if pictomancer has utility, it should deal damage similar to the nonSAM melee DPS.

Healing on star prism is honestly flavor and isn’t a reason anyone is going to have over other jobs.

[CKNovel]

Pictomancer feels overturned on my end as well. Dungeons with a PIC are completely different than with any other jobs.
Picto also offers a lot of utility and healing, it seems to be in a similar state to ShB's SMN where the job simply had too much utility and DPS.

[Maxilor]

I love the way Picto is designed, they knocked it out of the park.

But yeah the Damage is obviously overtuned.

I have no doubt it will be adjusted before Savage though, so in the meantime enjoy

ARTIST SUPREMACY

[GoatOfWar]

A job that has utility should never, ever be outdpsing a "selfish" job with no raid buffs like BLM as a baseline, but that's unfortunately the case at present.

The job itself is extremely well-designed; the potencies are just a bit too bloated for everything else it brings.

A little bit louder for the Warrior mains in the back.

[Sequora]

As long as it’s well above red mage and summoner and in line with nonSAM DPS I’m okay with some small nerfs.

Can we not factor the healing into the balance? It’s literally just an additional effect on top of one of their hardest hitting spells, which can only be used in very 2 minutes.

[Drkdays]

I ran a leveling as DRK and got Avery with two pictos. They ran ahead and pulled like goons and I couldn't keep up with them as a DRK and they kept jerking agro on mobs I grabbed, but they evaporated everything. It was like I was running it unsynced with two max level players. Only the bosses slowed them down. Briefly.

[SweetPete]

They balance jobs around savage/extremes/ultimates. Dungeons are non existent. We need to wait to see the numbers for extreme trials as a starting point. Only then can we know for sure if the job is overturned. For now no one can tell for sure. The job needs to be a powerhouse but it definitely shouldn’t be doing way more damage than a BLM/SAM/VPR but it also shouldn’t be far off from the non utility jobs either since they have no res ability.

[Fingerhut]

What utility is everyone talking about?
The longer cooldown 10% HP shield (not sure if 10% of the picto hp or everyone who gets the shield) or the group damage buff? Or the little heal he can fire off every 2-3 minutes?

How is that different from other classes? There are about 4-5 classes that have a damage boosting buff or buff healing and/or have a battle rez. I realy don't get it.

Picto has very good burst damage but when the burst wears off, he does so little damage in the meantime. Viper does consistent damage and so far overall there was no real difference in damage in any fight I had with picto and viper. What is everyone talking about?

[Supersnow845]

What utility is everyone talking about?
The longer cooldown 10% HP shield (not sure if 10% of the picto hp or everyone who gets the shield) or the group damage buff? Or the little heal he can fire off every 2-3 minutes?

How is that different from other classes? There are about 4-5 classes that have a damage boosting buff or buff healing and/or have a battle rez. I realy don't get it.

Picto has very good burst damage but when the burst wears off, he does so little damage in the meantime. Viper does consistent damage and so far overall there was no real difference in damage in any fight I had with picto and viper. What is everyone talking about?

An indom for free, a 10% shield and a raid buff is a huge amount of utility for no is already doing melee level damage before you factor in a raid buff