Picto makes the game less fun

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If you look at the damage profiles for PCT, it's extremely burst orientated. [...] The end result is that PCT ends up concentrating nearly all of its outgoing damage into its two minute bursts, while BLM has to catch up between bursts by simply being extremely consistent.

Hello, Mr. Enix here. We at CBU3 have heard your complaints and decided to rework the Black Mage into a two minute burst profile job to allow it to achieve greater parity with the Pictomancer. After the great success of the Paladin rework in Endwalker, we are confident that this design decision will provide the strongest sense of player satisfaction moving forward. The Xenoglossy and Flare Star actions will now become available after the preliminary action Leylines is used. Please look forward to it, and remember to provide feedback (which will only be read after the changes go live).