FFXIV 7.05 patch notes outline Dawntrail’s first job buffs and nerfs

Square Enix pushed FFXIV 7.05 live with the first round of Dawntrail job changes, tweaking every class in the MMO game – mostly for the better. The gist of it all is that Square Enix gave everyone a slight potency buff, so damage skills hit harder and quite a bit harder, in some cases.  The buff is almost universal, as even the White Mage's Dia deals more damage now. Some classes, such as Machinist, only have one skill with increased potency, though. Pictomancer, largely considered FFXIV’s most broken class at this point, remains untouched, though there’s a good reason for that. “At present, the DPS of pictomancer is higher than we originally expected,” Square Enix said in the patch’s Job Guide overview. “Because they have a number of actions with long cast times, and no means of reviving others in combat, we intended for them to have comparable DPS to melee jobs alongside black mage.” As producer Naoki Yoshida promised, Square Enix streamlined the Viper class, for better and worse.  Better, if you didn’t li