Regarding Pictos upgrades.

[Squishy]

I think the pictos upgrades are, well, useless.

The only time it really happens in large amount is during NG+.

Thing is, most players will be L99 when starting NG+, or very close to it, unless they rushed through the maps and stories for some reason.11

I'm nearly done with NG+, and there was quite literally, no benefit from the upgrades, because most of the characters that needed it, already had stats vastly superior to the mobs, and crit at over 100% as well.

If the passives got upgraded as well, that could have been worth it, but at the moment, aside from just replaying the game, there doesn't seem to be a point to it, unless you missed the mime in the prologue I guess...