Tried out Picto and Viper and got a very, very harsh reminder that I can only wring anything out of a job after dozens and dozens of hours of practice.
Failing to get a grip on Picto fits far to well with the "failed artist" thing I've been struggling with for the past decade.
I fiddled with both at a striking dummy. Thought I had a sensible layout for Viper until I progressed the quest and slammed into the fact that I could not intentionally do any of the damned combos. I had to log out to get out of the quest.
Picto just... does not fit in my head. The end. Maybe it will eventually, but probably not. It's a caster job and the only caster DPS I actually *like* is Blue Mage. Which I can't complete because I don't have the reaction speed or patience for masked carnivale, so I don't have the raise.
I dislike melee in general; I think out of all the jobs in that category the only one that fits even halfway right is Ninja. I thought Monk was fun but in 7.0 it's not so much broken as utterly destroyed. It's been changed in a way that made all of the time I put into learning it in 6.X a waste.
Watching everyone around me nolife their specialties at warp speed while I've made a fraction of their progress and am still clearing fucking stormblood content* is emotionally exhausting. I'm not caught up. I will never be caught up.
* crafting quests
I enjoyed the DT story. I took my time with it. It seems like everyone else skipped it and went straight to making gil.
I'm no better at that than I am at making real money.
I console myself with the fact that if you don't want housing there's nothing to spend it on.
7.5 million for a new mount, yes, but that's half my net worth. I already have dozens of mounts. It looks cool, but... uh. My FOMO gene is broken and either has been for a long time or it was never properly installed to begin with. I don't feel enthusiasm for it.
