New Jobs' Lore within FFXIV Dawntrail! 

Pictomancy is less watered down creation magic and more water colored creation magic

"If they can envision it, they can create it" Pictomancers: MOOGLE! HAMMER! MOOGLE! HAMMER!

In life, there are hunters... And then... There are MONSTER HUNTERS!

I appreciate that Relm was name dropped in the intro of Pictomancer

by the sound of it, a lalafell job mentor would be really fitting for viper

I’m so glad you clarified the disconnect I had for Viper being a hunter. I tried to justify the weapon and fighting style as a normal hunter but that’s just it. They aren’t normal hunters. They also took inspiration from a viper to use the twin blades to strike with the fury and speed of one and further honed it down the ages. So that question no longer burdens me. As for Pictomancer, I’m an artist so I love the idea of using your skills to enact your intent on the world. Also entertaining like being an animator. Which they are after a fashion.

I feel like for the job quest for Pictomancer we might very well see some kind of apparition of Relm wearing a pink version of the artifact gear

You'll be invited next time. Speaking it into existence.

Personally I really hope we get job quests back, because, as a Scholar main, I really hope that Seraphism comes with a lore explanation

You deserve to be invited to the media tour! So sorry they missed you.

So what you're saying is Viper is basically a Witcher but not hated by everyone

You got me hooked on lore that i had completely missed,thanks bro keep up the good work

I was a little uncertain about viper, but hearing more about its lore and and how well it fits for my WoL has got me really excited to play it!

I still can't believe Pictomancer is a real class in FFXIV now. EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE FUCKING GREEN MAGE BUT NOPE, PICTOMANCER! Excited to see more lore about these classes ESPECIALLY Pictomancer.

I really hope the picto job quests go into the story of archon Relm and what exactly she (and maybe some other original archons) got up to in their time.

So Viper is basically just a Hunter from Monster Hunter

I’m still like what!? Synodic scribe wasn’t invited? I’m still trying to wrap my head around this. You definitely deserved to be there I got into allot of jobs because the lore you expanded on and explained and really got me motivated and has stayed with me since I started playing ffxiv.

Admittedly I'll be leveling through Dawntrail as Viper and, if I like it well enough, making it my main job in my static simply because of the Zidane references. But hearing this lore is actually really interesting for my WoL! He's a male viera and was a wood-warder before heeding the call to adventure. Becoming a hunter of dangerous beasts and reattuning himself to the more natural world would be an interesting way of getting back to his roots, in a sense.

Summoner needs a lot of lore to explain why are we getting mechanical Bahamut instead other dozens of summons. Why is it important enough to make summoner the only one with 4 minutes rotation.

Unrelated but something I love about the trailer nutkin is how you can slightly see its pupils behind those beady black eyes

As someone who was trying them anyway, I definitely loved this and want more videos on them in the future because I simply love learning details about them

As someone a fan of the Ranger/Monster Hunter Style with the dual blades and speed with that physical magical twist it's a dream come true for me wanting something like this in Final Fantasy XIV. Finally able to play the style of my Warrior of like I've always imagined them as.

The lore behind Viper is sick. Looking forward to slashing my way through my preternatural raid-bosses!

So... Viper may be FFXIV's "Monster Hunter" job class you say? Dual Blades that merge to insect glaive, what's not to like?

A new Scribe video is something I can get behind.

I am very excited to see what lore videos come from Dawntrail. Classes and more :)

Thanks for this video! I'm excited to make my WoL a Viper when the expansion comes out, so this helps me a lot with getting primed lorewise.

When Endwalker was coming and I knew it had heavy FFIV baked into it, I learned to tank - specifically Paladin- because Cecil. Of course I'm giving Pictomancer a shot. I'm a huge FFVI fan (I love it more than 4) and I always loved Relm. Like Krile (from 5) I'm sure the team will do their own thing to make it lore friendly and not a 1 - 1 copy. After all, we already got Kain's betrayal (Estinnien) in Heaven's Ward.

Are you ever going to do a gunbreaker lore vid?

Awesome content as always!

Viper feels exactly like the madness I don't get to do often enough on Monk. Pictomancy has Slips very happy to try though!

My girl Realm Arrowny getting a glow up ❤❤❤

I was planning to play both because I want access to everything I can do in this game. x) Viper is definitely going to be my first pick, though. :)

Apparently YoshiP has gone on record to say Viper was a response to people who wanted to play Kirito ala Sword Art Online.

As an artist, I already wanted to play Pictomancer. Now, I really want to play it for a full view of where they go with the lore of it!

Since we're going into a region directly related to the history of Viper, I'm planning on having my character learn it and utilize those skills at least for the initial set of quests of dawntrail.

Viper's lore fits the aesthetic I tried to make my Dancer glam into. Dual Blade Monster Hunter.

my dream of being a seral lead paint murderer will be finally realized :P

I was simply going for viper, this just made it feel more fitting for. I never played d&d but in neverwinter nights my main was a ranger with dual weild, always loved the thought of dual weilding swords and any game where i can sual weild im all over it 😅

Wouldn’t it be wild if the Viper quest line focused around one hunting people with the echo 😅. Praeternatural - check. Could be a threat if misused? Check.

2:30 so viper is literally monster hunter, awesome

Good Hunte- Viper

I'll be playing both, because I'll be taking my Omni 90s all to Omni 100s.

So you’re saying a Viper is a….Monster Hunter? 😳 (queue Monster Hunter theme song)

Viper vs the Ancients. They’re DEFINITELY stronger than nature intended.

Question, feel free to ignore. As the game homogenize more jobs, what are your thoughts on how that homogenization affects a jobs ability to relate to its lore?

Isn't summoner just a form of watered down creation magic? You are summoning aspects of the primals, which themselves were a form of watered down creation magic. If both pictomancer and summoner are forms of creation magic, then are they just different means to reach the same end?

Lore, wise, I have a hard time imagining my WoL as a pictomancer. I'll level both jobs, but I'm leaning more towards viper right now. Have to play both jobs first and learn more about them in the game, though.

Viper is soooo on my list. One the fence for Pictomancer.

I can see Picto being Nymian in origin. The artillery to the marines and scholars. I like the mental image of only one Archon thinking of building a boat, as untrue as it probably is.

I still want more fairy content. Scholar quests, sylph tribe, shadowbringers pixies, aloalo, etc. were not enough. I wonder what the next fairy will look like.

I don't really play this game but if I were to play it pictomancer would 100% be my main.

Vipers are basically hunters from the monster hunter universe

Thinks it's a crime you didn't get to go to the media tour. Love your videos!

I'm definitely excited to see what the job quests have to say about Viper beyond the dev comments, but really I just want to get my hands on the job The weapon(s) I wanted for a second scouting, the playstyle I wanted after the job was revealed, the job actions look fast and strong, god With my main being a xaela girl it even kinda fits her to take the role of a hunter/battler I want this job so bad

I really think with my character being a male viera that viper will suite him really well

I love ffxivs lore and the lore of jobs, but if I’m being honest, idc about vipers lore, the fact it has two swords that combine is my main draw to it, I’m sure I’ll love the lore tho, but for once that’s not my main draw

The creation magic angle for picto is spot on.. though i wouldnt call it watered down.. the ancients as you stated had focused thier magics into specific areas... the pictomancers strenght is in thier imagination itself... the shortlived things they create are simply a result of gameplay mechanics one could argue the true pictomancer strength in imagination in all aspects from spells to creatures to landscapes from a lore perspective would have limitless potential without game play mechanics in the way... kind of 4th wall stuff but you get the idea

Scribe, I recently read a comment about how originally endwalker was supposed to be two expansions and when they were merged some plot points like the lunar primals and the relation of meteors to the final days were largely written off, do you know anything about that?

as for me, i asked my friends if i should stick with summoner for my main or actually become either viper or picto for the new story. My friends said Viper, so viper i will be xD but i'm also very stubborn (and a fic writer xD), so i wanted a lore reason for my WoL to specifically choose being a Viper. The answer i chose was simple for me; he's trying to break away from the legacy he was forced to take from the moment he was born, and now that he's truly free of it, he wants to move away from the arcane as much as he can. He knows he can't leave it all completely behind but this is a step in that direction he chooses for himself, just as he chose to become Reaper for a time. i'm excited for both and will be getting both either way!

7:25 NOAHS ARK

I forgot about Relm. I was wracking my brain trying to figure out who’s OG class that was without googling it then I clicked this video and read the comments 😂

So essentially a fully rejoined pictomancer would just be original ascians.

It's... probably not a huge revelation that my parents named me after the archon Relm. I've also been using the mado brush as my weapon of choice for ages, so...

I mean I wanted a sword and pistol combo but I guess I'll take the dual swords 👀 but if my ultimate isn't starburst stream I'll be disappointed :P

I wonder if you're a picto when doing 6.55 msq Krile would have a different dialog

7:24 i'm screaming at the sight of that boat. it has haunted me since SB. its so big, so elaborate and they've done nothing with it. until now i guess.

I got 2 fresh boosted alts for vioer and pictomancer plus my main smn

I had planned to pick up Viper as soon as I saw the class, and suspected Travanchet would not be my first character through Dawntrail. With our without the lore, I looked at the fighting style and felt this was a FAR better mesh for one of my alts, my previous main, who followed story progression from Rogue to Ninja. The abrupt tonal shift from being a shadow walking enforcer of the pirate code to staring in an episode of Naruto was just too far a stretch for me. I tried other classes, but only AST's stargazing/navigation possibilities potentially fit his background. And though I love healing, being a healer would not be his first choice of vocation. He was a rogue, and would have made a great upright thief, if he just wasn't so put off by pirate society in general. Hence his looking for an out... But now hearing your take on the scant Viper details we have, I am incredibly hopeful this mesh is going to go much better than I expected. It sounds a much shorter step from hunting oathbreakers, cheats, & murderers to hunting truly dangerous and probably less morally bankrupt monsters. We'll find out in just a few days. 🥰

My ffxiv character help create my duel welding dnd character who was a hunter SO YOU KNOW DAMN WELL I'M GOING VIPER

Cant wait to main viper and play with bob ross mains

gonna grind em out to 100 then forget about them

If viper doesnt get DOTs then it shpuld not be called a Viper.

Please drop a recap for the msq up till now

So VIPs are basically The Witcher, dual sword and all

Im going to be honest, im surprised at some of the ones they invited and didn't invite. You definitely should of been, like wtf.

FF14 Relm sounds so much better to have to deal with the FF6 Relm

Viper is so cool but its animations just have no flavor for me

Calling Viper a hunter is underselling its identity...youre making the assumption Dragoons dont "hunt" dragons...the twin snake aesthetic are a very important thing about the job in general just like Dragoons uses the power of dragons.

Just not feeling Viper from what I’ve seen. Looks bland and unoriginal. The lore described has no synergy with the dual blade style. I mean what about hunting more dangerous than usual monsters requires you to use two blades. This is especially bad if you look at the jobs they could have added (puppet master, Geomancer, Ranger, Rune Knight). Pictomancer on the other hand seems fun and very keyed in on the lore. However I doubt the gameplay will give it the proper shine it deserves. After all how can a class based on creativity thrive in a game hell bent on removing all class identity?