Machinist, black mage and to a lesser degree samurai are severely hindered by having their damage output kept to close to other jobs in their role. Machinisit is a pure dps forced to do comparable damage to bard and dancer which is insane. The buff provided by bard and dancer generate so much value that machinist is usually dropped for them after progging. Machinist's personal damage isn't enough to take advantage of these buffs in a double physical ranged comp and as a result we haven't seen double phys be viable since Stormblood when dragoon lowered piercing resistance. All selfish dps should always be a viable pick for the last flex spot if the rest of the slots have jobs with raid buffs. Pictomancer is almost as cracked as Stormblood Summoner. Back in stormblood summoner was one of if not the highest dps job in the game while having a res and a raid buff. Both jobs were allowed to be overpowered by virtue of their kits being clunky to use but pictomancer is a lot easier than Stormblood summoner. finding time to paint motifs during intense movement phases is tough but holding hammers, holys and comets helps a lot. Downtime is insanely good for Pictomancer compared to any other job and i believe all dps should be able to stock burst during downtime like it. I know picto can't afford to be nerfed too much or it will not be used over a caster that can res. I think picto should be to black mage, what monk is to samurai. close but slightly lower without good crits.
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