Machinist is Fun But Extremely Weak

And that shouldn't be the case, right? I look at the potencies on its skills and wonder why they are lower now than they were last expansion?

Why does the Automaton queen not do AOE at all, still?

Why is Flamethrower's DoT functionally different than all other DoTs? Could it at least be made more transparent, and perhaps give a static 50 heat gauge or something when triggered?

Shouldn't it be competing with the lower end "utility" melee DPS that buff the party, not literally the weakest DPS in the game?

Like sure, it's a simple juggling rotation, but almost every job is super simple these days, and a DPS shouldn't have a standard combo and AOE weaker in potency than tanks' lmao.

I've used MCH as my ranged DPS of choice since Sephirot (ex) came out, and it's always had experienced weirdness in its place in the job balance hierarchy, but all this calls to mind is a personal slight against it now by the devs?

Unless it's like some meta joke about Edgar's Tools and his thoughts about Relm from FFVI...

I did EW as a MCH and I’m still surprised it’s a "selfish DPS" that doesn’t dps…
Easy rotation? Just like most of the other jobs. I would also argue that’s one of the most apm intensive jobs with NIN.
Utility, below average. Mobility, less than DNC and BRD (both have mobility skills).
Yet it is always solid last in the DPS rankings.

I was excited when I saw the DT changes but I will probably play something else in savage to not burden my static.

Yeah, it's so annoying, I love the MCH gameplay but the low damage they bring is just sad, sure we have slightly better feint.
But you don't need to mit if the boss just dies faster besides the 5% extra DR and 1% damage from a diverse group.
It is more than made up for by just bringing a DPS who dose 15-20% more damage, I REALLY hope square does a proper tuning pass for all jobs before savage releases.
Because right now the tuning is not just a clown show, it's the entire circus.