Dawntrail Adding Artistic Pictomancer Job Class to Final Fantasy 14 on PS5, PS4

Relm reborn

by Khayl Adam Mon 8th Jan 2024

Juggernaut MMO Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Dawntrail expansion introduces the Pictomancer Job class, inspired by the artistic magic of Relm Arrowny of Final Fantasy VI fame. The Pictomancer is a ranged DPS class that uses a magical paintbrush and pallet to bring their artistic creations to bear on the battlefield, with colourful and effective results.

Announced at Tokyo's annual Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, the Pictomancer will be introduced in Dawntrail alongside the Zidane-like Viper Job class. The expansion did not get a firm release date and is currently expected in "Summer 2024". Dawntrail will raise the level cap from 90 to 100 and allow Square Enix to implement a significant graphical overhaul, sprucing up the now-venerable game, which launched (in its Reborn state) back in 2013 and remains extremely popular today.

What do you think of Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Pictomancer Job? Are you planning a change of vocation? Sketch out the situation in the comments section below.

[source twitter.com]

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

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johncalmc
Mon 8th Jan 2024

I like this, but it seems like an odd choice to have the paint look like this and not have it more in keeping with the art style of the game. I'm not really bothered though. I'm not one of those people who cares deeply about the integrity of the Final Fantasy XIV role-playing experience and gets upset when they see people riding around on motorbikes because it's not proper. Looks fun, I like it.

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Nem
Mon 8th Jan 2024

Just seems kind of ripped from other mmo's rather than a Final fantasy thing when there's stuff like Geomancer still on the table.
Hope they can make it interesting, but it's not appealing to me.

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Mintie
Mon 8th Jan 2024

@johncalmc after what I saw in Matoya's basement the Pictomancer spell effects look spot on for the job. I'm just happy that Krile's getting her moment in the sun, poor lass deserves a bit of fun.

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Hellaween
Mon 8th Jan 2024

Looking forward to the new expansion, hopefully will be caught up by then, just about to start Heavensward!

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starnivore
Mon 8th Jan 2024

I don't love the aesthetic but I'm a BLM til I die, anyway. Can't beat the satisfaction of making thing go boom

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personauser93
Mon 8th Jan 2024

@Hellaween You got this, I started playing in October and I’m fixing to start the patch content for Endwalker. So close to being caught up!

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Xbox_Dashboard
Mon 8th Jan 2024

I left FF14 after the 6.0 conclusion. It just felt like a perfect ending to a long story. It's been kind of floundering since then, I'm hoping DawnTrail might perk up my interest, but it's thus far been rather underwhelming. I had kind of hoped they would dip back into the Shard worlds instead of just focusing on Eorzea and the source. Maybe this is a stepping stone to that. Shadowbringers is still my favorite peak FF14 experience.