Summary
- Final Fantasy 14 has had a Pictomancer problem for a while, with fans unhappy about how powerful the job is compared to other DPS roles.
- This problem has been made worse thanks to the Future Rewritten Ultimate, with some parties making the job a requirement.
- It’s reignited calls for heavy nerfs, with some player suggesting even deleting or suspending the job until 8.0.
Final Fantasy 14 has had a Pictomancer problem ever since the job was introduced at the start of Dawntrail. It’s widely believed that it’s a fun, goofy job that actually feels a little unique compared to the rest of the game’s DPS roles, but its damage has been way overtuned ever since its introduction, outclassing heavy-hitting jobs like Black Mage and Samurai.
Yoshi-P himself has commented on the sheer amount of damage a good Pictomancer can dish out, promising to buff every other job to that level rather than nerf and punish Pictomancer players. Now that we’re deep into Patch 7.1, and jobs have been tweaked a couple of times, fans are getting a little impatient for these supposed buffs, and have now started calling for Square Enix to just nerf Pictomancer and get it over with.
Futures Rewritten (Ultimate) Has Brought The Pictomancer Debate To Boiling Point
Tempers were already rising before Patch 7.1, but the release of Futures Rewritten Ultimate (FRU) seems to have caused quite a few frustrated players to snap. In the fight, Pictomancer is given lots of time to generate resources it would usually have to do during uptime, resulting in damage loss, but since FRU has lots of time in which nothing is happening, Pictomancer doesn’t suffer as much.
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This has led to some people in Party Finder requiring Pictomancers for runs (as shown by Twitter user Sitricorday above), and the general Final Fantasy 14 community is getting pretty sick of it. Take a look at any conversation about the state of Pictomancer, and you’ll see almost universal agreement that it needs to be nerfed.
It’s even getting to the point where rather dramatic posts are popping up on the Final Fantasy 14 forums, with one post from a user called RheyIdol calling for the role to be deleted catching the eye of several fans. There are some even calling for it to be suspended until the assumed job rework in 8.0. While those outcomes will likely never happen, it does go to show just how desperate some are for Pictos to be taken down a peg or two.
