r/FinalFantasy • u/LuciferGlitch • Jan 07 '24

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail - ‘Pictomancer’ Trailer FF XIV

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u/Echidna_Kind Jan 08 '24

YES YES YES ANOTHER homogenized job where, if you replace the visuals with any job of its role, NOTHING would change.

I am so damn excited to get my hopes up that it will play differently, but I’m reality it actually doesn’t. YES

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u/Writer_Man Jan 08 '24

The only way you can consider casters homogenized is if you consider "doing attacks cause damage" as homogenized. Casters literally play the most different from each other than any other role with Ranged DPS coming in second.

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u/ThiccElf Jan 08 '24

I'd say all ranged (healer, caster and p-range) play very differently. Caster definitely being the standout, Summoner cycles primals, BLM maintains enochian, and RDM builds magic types to execute melee combos. You can't play any of the casters the same way. This new caster likely won't play like the other casters if they keep the playstyle of each job the same. It may be closer to RDM, however, just without the utility. I'm thinking it'll probably follow a Mudra-like system, where you mix different colours to make different big attacks/buffs, which is still very different from the other casters.