I don't want Pictomancer to be nerfed for one reason

[Kaliesto]

The dungeons

This one job has gotten me through dungeons so fast, and even on trusts that it staved off the entire boredom these dungeons have become.

Can't believe people asked for this.

You all know these dungeons are sleep-inducing, but now I guess I'll be nodding off half-asleep again.


If these dungeons were not so homogenized, predictable, and just downright too easy I wouldn't care about the nerf.

[CCheshire]

Well since I moved over to PCT in DT I feel like it's too early to tell and yes I will miss it once it's gone too.

[Rithy255]

Better to be nerfed then have your class identity took away

[Altera]

PCT should have been nerfed within a month. People have already said before DT came out when people who was at the media tour said they noticed they've buffed the PCT on launch and that the media tour was already strong.

I would take a nerf any day over what they are doing to BLM. And I feel the change to BLM is because of PCT, which makes me hate that job even more.

[Rithy255]

PCT should have been nerfed within a month. People have already said before DT came out when people who was at the media tour said they noticed they've buffed the PCT on launch and that the media tour was already strong.

I would take a nerf any day over what they are doing to BLM. And I feel the change to BLM is because of PCT, which makes me hate that job even more.

What I find odd is how they mentioned pictomancer getting nerfs like it's a massive deal to reduce potency, but didn't really consider to even mention black mage changes that ruin the class identity

Comes across as tone deaf, like I really don't care if jobs get potency nerfs when deserved what I care about is taking away what makes a class feel unique in the first place.

[Valence]

Possibly hot take, but PCT is literally the new EW SMN but boosted on steroids in dungeons. Any job that is frontloaded to hell and beyond will clean up everything since it can ignore half of the downtime between pulls with its damage profile, and to make things even worst, like NIN it can reset everything between pulls (except the actual recast on muses, thank fuck). I hate that Nin can do this, and I hate that PCT can as well. I don't hate the idea that the job is about painting motifs, it's part of its identity, it's why people like it as well, but making instant paints out of combat by just pressing a button is wrong, and on top of it you're not even spending time painting like in combat. It's cheap, and it ruins runs even more because the PCT mows down everything before you can even reach half of your burst sequence, and you feel somewhat robbed one pull out of two. Incidentally also what makes it batshit in deep dungeons as well.

I'm all for PCT to be adjusted, and more importantly keeping its identity. But the instant redrawing between pulls is a blight. Make them work their asses redrawing, it's part of the cast times of the job.

[brinn12]

The devs should remove every wall outside of boss fights. Problem solved

[Supersnow845]

Possibly hot take, but PCT is literally the new EW SMN but boosted on steroids in dungeons. Any job that is frontloaded to hell and beyond will clean up everything since it can ignore half of the downtime between pulls with its damage profile, and to make things even worst, like NIN it can reset everything between pulls (except the actual recast on muses, thank fuck). I hate that Nin can do this, and I hate that PCT can as well. I don't hate the idea that the job is about painting motifs, it's part of its identity, it's why people like it as well, but making instant paints out of combat by just pressing a button is wrong, and on top of it you're not even spending time painting like in combat. It's cheap, and it ruins runs even more because the PCT mows down everything before you can even reach half of your burst sequence, and you feel somewhat robbed one pull out of two. Incidentally also what makes it batshit in deep dungeons as well.

I'm all for PCT to be adjusted, and more importantly keeping its identity. But the instant redrawing between pulls is a blight. Make them work their asses redrawing, it's part of the cast times of the job.

PCT identity around motifs is storing casts for later use, the reason why they are instant outside of combat is so the PCT doesn’t stand still for 15 seconds after the pull ends casting all their motifs before running to the next boss achieving the same thing but wasting people’s time standing around

All bursts are a mess in DT because the burst window is so long and the trash is so weak, I can’t count the number of times the pack dies before I spend my hyperphantasia stacks because PCT’s burst is so long

[ForteNightshade]

What I find odd is how they mentioned pictomancer getting nerfs like it's a massive deal to reduce potency, but didn't really consider to even mention black mage changes that ruin the class identity

Comes across as tone deaf, like I really don't care if jobs get potency nerfs when deserved what I care about is taking away what makes a class feel unique in the first place.

Because their goal is always catering to the uber casual demographic. The hope is more players will pick up BLM now that it's getting the dumbed down treatment whereas nerfing a job rarely makes the people playing said job happy, regardless of their skill level.

Basically, Picto's nerf impacts everyone while BLM's changes only impacts the higher end to midcore players whom they care a lot less about.

[Heavenchild]

https://youtu.be/PzaOTnlxynI?si=vvFYsiMKxgpWYxK9

This is a really good video about why nerfing pictomancer is not that easy. To balance it even more, you can't just change some numbers. Picto is just very strong on bosses with downtime. So, to balance it more, it must be homogenized and you have to take its job identity away. :c

They should communicate such stuff in their live letters more, instead of showing us expensive merch. :x