Just Nerf Picto

[AurisNix]

Unfortunately this is the first time I had to force myself playing a Job that I don't wanna play cuz it literally out DPS any other dps job in the game and thats what most pf and statics want, you are not allowed to play any other caster unless you are running a double caster comp with Picto in it, one Job is literally breaking the game and they would rather buff all the other jobs (and they didn't) than nerf one single job and even if its "technically" fine to play any other caster there is this sentiment that not being a picto you are just dead weight for the party. Im having fun with FRU but only after a week I decided to unlock picto just because is way too good and I feel im holding back my team by playing RDM/BLM that are my main jobs

Imagine if they would actually buff all the other jobs instead of nerfing picto that would literally break every content we had so far and would be another EW situation were everything is just a walking simulator and boss die in a snap. SE just keep making bad decisions cuz they are afraid of making mad someone but they need to understand that you can't please everyone and taking half measured steps wont please anyone.

You know its an actual problem when even JP players are complaining about picto, the silence treatment from yoshi and team doesn't help at all but I really hope a proper rebalance in 7.15 in a couple weeks or ill lose any hope. In EW media tour they were making fun saying that it feels like devs doesn't play their own games anymore, it really feels like CBU3 doesn't play FFXIV anymore and just throw in a calculator to do adjustments rather than testing the game properly.

[hynaku]

How about they just leave the game alone and quit making it worse than already is.

[Tint]

How about they just leave the game alone and quit making it worse than already is.

Just read what he wrote, especially the second paragraph. By not nerfing Picto they are actually making the game worse already.

[ovIm]

SE just keep making bad decisions cuz they are afraid of making mad someone but they need to understand that you can't please everyone and taking half measured steps wont please anyone..

CS3 are super cooked and someone needs to slap some sense into the job balance team. Their decision process makes no sense to anyone but them it seems.

Simplifying Viper Gameplay a month after release? Super cool, lets do that.
Nerfing Pictomancer potencies because it is king in sustained and burst damage with an extra edge in downtime heavy fights? No, we can't do that, players would feel bad.

[Lyth]

They need to hire more than five people, for starters. That would also be a great way of ensuring that the balance team doesn't have any conflicts of interest regarding job balance. Otherwise you end up with a few favorites who are perennially on top.

[Daralii]

Just read what he wrote, especially the second paragraph. By not nerfing Picto they are actually making the game worse already.

Which we even have evidence of. They had to give almost every other job potency buffs to make Picto slightly less dominant comparatively, didn't tune savage with those buffs in mind, and people breezed through most of the tier as a result.

[Supersnow845]

PCT just needs to sit about low melee for full uptime; still clear of the rezz casters and fighting for the caster and the 4th slot but has a niche where it overperforms in high downtime ultimate

Using a kind of weird balance between 7.05 and 7.1’s numbers it’s about a 7% or so flat potency nerf

That’s all it really needs, no changes to its design, raid buff or motif design

[HyperiusUltima]

They need to hire more than five people, for starters. That would also be a great way of ensuring that the balance team doesn't have any conflicts of interest regarding job balance. Otherwise you end up with a few favorites who are perennially on top.

They literally need this with how large the workload is. They’ve at least doubled their jobs since ARR days, and I can’t help but feel they’ve been extending their work time just from the job balance team alone.

I’m almost willing to go necro that one thread about hiring…

[HyperiusUltima]

PCT just needs to sit about low melee for full uptime; still clear of the rezz casters and fighting for the caster and the 4th slot but has a niche where it overperforms in high downtime ultimate

Using a kind of weird balance between 7.05 and 7.1’s numbers it’s about a 7% or so flat potency nerf

That’s all it really needs, no changes to its design, raid buff or motif design

With its utilities? Make it 8% across the board. It won’t affect much, but they have A LOT of tools not only personally, but also for the raid in that shield and the heal they have on their Raid Buff Attack.

[Sunhwapark]

A flat potency nerf doesn't sound unreasonable.
On the plus side, Picto is a very strong duo partner when doing lvl 100 treasure maps.