Machinist 4.0 - what do you think?

I m not sure about the removal of the casts. The whole MCH-class was designed to be some kind of caster. Ammunition, alot Off-GCDs, turrets and its high burst... all gone with Stormblood?

No cast, but (ugly) Gauss Barell is still there. We got 3 ammunition instead of 5 and a new "Heat"-Gauge. I dont see a turret in the current trailer, but wildfire seems to be a bit shorter. And dont forget the new skills, like the flamethrower and some kind of "hacking" skill ^^.

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To be honest, I m extremely curious about the "new" machinist. But I m afraid, the entire class will be totally different.

Here is the part about Stormbloods new MCH abilities: CLICK!


What do you guys think? What do you expect? RIP MCH or extremely hyped?

I love 3.0 MCH....I'm a bit scared it'll become a 1 - 2 - 3 job with no thought into it....I also really dislike the flamethrower, It's huge....I pity anyone trying to dodge an AOE while I'm using it...

GB was built into MCH and it worked really well. SE needs to learn that BRD and MCH are -separate- jobs, and it's okay to give them different playstyles. They forced WM on BRD and it didn't go well, now forcing no-GB on MCH.......and MCH prior to getting GB feels very lackluster and meh.

I'm not happy they are treating it like bard. I didn't see many mchs complain about casts. My fear is our dps will be lower due to it. I honestly don't know what it'll be and that bothers me.

I was hoping to be able to do more with the turrets, not just have them traded them out for additional oGCDs. Was also hoping for more weapon mods and more significant adjustments to Gauss Barrel (as, in that case, one of multiple mutually exclusive attachments), but that's probably just me.

Something about that hacking skill animation bothers me, it just looks so out of place

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

I dont see a turret in the current trailer, ...

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what about sec 27-30? Seems like a turret for me - even though it disappears right after he called it : /

Anyway... seems that every cls will get a kind of charging-system with stronger finisher... the trailer and the skills seems a bit odd or to modern for a fantasy rpg imo... loosing the castbar on the other hand seems more logic for... for me Mch are more a gunner type than a sniper type... castbar for a sniping shot would be logic... like focusing with a bow. but for quick shots... I don't know, castbars for those seemed strange to me from the very beginning. in general im happy they envolved the whole battlesystem and skillmechanics. this feels new compared to HW... new concepts, new mechanics etc. -> hyped for all cls changes :3

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Originally Posted by Neela

what about sec 27-30? Seems like a turret for me - even though it disappears right after he called it : /

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I'm 100% sure that's the animation for Wildfire

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Originally Posted by Deus_ex_Machina

I'm 100% sure that's the animation for Wildfire

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I agree. You see him open WF earlier in the fight, then it explodes at the end.

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Originally Posted by Neela

what about sec 27-30? Seems like a turret for me - even though it disappears right after he called it : /

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Do you mean that thing?
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I hope its not the turret replacement. Its looks like a Off-GCD to me. To be honest, I never liked the idea of a stationary turret. But if SE remove them, I would totally miss it : /

I too worry that it's going to be an entirely different job. The cast times never bothered me on mch because you had multiple ways to ignore them. Besides the casts fit thematically with gauss barrel. It's effectively an electro-magnetic rail gun so you're charging it up to accelerate the bullet. I feel a lot of the new animations don't fit well either. At least I liked what I saw with rdm so if I end up not liking mch I still have that.