Blazing Machinist

Hi,
I love my MCH but i get so frustrated when I see the animation of certain SMN or AST capacities. Do you think Square Enix will improve the animation/imagery of MCH abilities (wildfire for instance...).
Have you heard about any changes that would be made by SE to improve MCH as it is a new job ?

I kinda feel the same way. MCH is just not that exciting to look at. Then again, MCH is a gun class. There's only so many ways to pull a trigger <shrug>

Yeah, the regular attacks I can understand being underwhelming, but Wildfire? Yoshi P said that MCH is centered around Wildfire ... yet once it goes "off" it's not even noticeable. You barely hear the sound (which sounds like SMN's Fester) I would think I'd see an explosion, especially for something with a relatively long cooldown.

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Originally Posted by myahele

I would think I'd see an explosion,

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I would want this as well. Something akin to a Smn's Bane that clearly shows the skill going off, just in Mch's case it would be an explosion instead. It's just a little hard to imagine that the miniature *punt* of our current Wildfire is causing so much damage with such a tiny blast. If it can even be called a blast. A tiny blast...

It would be nice if it had an explosion like Fire III/IV...and leave a DoT on enemies that are close when it goes off. It is hard to notice as it is now, when it does detonate.

Let's make a petition for a f***ing blazing Wilfire ;-)

Not only wildfire. Granado shot have a shitty animation too. Just a smoke...wtf...

Some animations like clear shot or head gaze have cool animation tho

Do You think SE wil do something to improve that one day ?

Grenado shot has more than just smoke, if you cant see the shrapnel shards then i guess you are blind

Actually, as I heard they bring a gunner-like class to the game, I ve expected something different than a simple Bard-clone. I really love to play MCH, but there could be a bigger impact on most skills. Some skills are fine, but other skills are looking boring.

I totally agree, that Wildfire should end with an explosion or something. Most skills are just lame animated or just a sound effect with smoke. My suggestions are:

1. Gauss-Barell: Remove that ugly rotating thing and give a silencer or some kind of effects (glowing, sparkles, whatever)
2. Wildfire: Wildfire should end with a huge explosion or shockwave.
3. Gauss-Shot: Change it to a small laserbeam or smoke line. Just make it look a bit more devastating.

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Actually, as I heard they bring a gunner-like class to the game, I ve expected something different than a simple Bard-clone. I really love to play MCH, but there could be a bigger impact on most skills. Some skills are fine, but other skills are looking boring.

I totally agree, that Wildfire should end with an explosion or something. Most skills are just lame animated or just a sound effect with smoke. My suggestions are:

1. Gauss-Barell: Remove that ugly rotating thing and give a silencer or some kind of effects (glowing, sparkles, whatever)
2. Wildfire: Wildfire should end with a huge explosion or shockwafe.
3. Gauss-Shot: Change it to a small laserbeam or smoke line. Just make it look a bit more devastating.

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I would love that.
and Grenado Booooom.
Pleeeeeeeeeease, Square Enix, pleeeeeeeease

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Actually, as I heard they bring a gunner-like class to the game, I ve expected something different than a simple Bard-clone. I really love to play MCH, but there could be a bigger impact on most skills. Some skills are fine, but other skills are looking boring.

I totally agree, that Wildfire should end with an explosion or something. Most skills are just lame animated or just a sound effect with smoke. My suggestions are:

1. Gauss-Barell: Remove that ugly rotating thing and give a silencer or some kind of effects (glowing, sparkles, whatever)
2. Wildfire: Wildfire should end with a huge explosion or shockwave.
3. Gauss-Shot: Change it to a small laserbeam or smoke line. Just make it look a bit more devastating.

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SE, listen to her please!

The animations was my biggest disappointment too.
I mean, the game doesn't have some false sense of '' realism '' to begin with. They could've been a bit more imaginative with it.
I wasn't hoping for a '' gun-kata '', but at least a little bit more towards it :P. Some more flashy '' I am awesome, and imma show it off '' moves.
Dear lawd forbid that games are fun anymore I guess. Cuz '' mah realism ''.
I've actually seen people bring that up as a defense of the boring animations, because flashier ones wouldn't be '' realistic ''.
Those people are playing the wrong game if that's what they want, lol.

Some more gadgets would be fun too. Grenades and stuff like that. Lead shot could've been a shrapnel grenade for example.

The part of Wildfire is that we are so reliant on it, but the debuff can be pushed off the mob if there are too many debuffs on it. Also, the description says we cover the mob with explosive pitch. If you look at the animation, you throw a magnetic timebomb on the target, which adheres (clicking sound) and then blinks a bit before fading away. The 'explosion' is a tiny little fiery blast for a split second. You barely see an explosion. It's a small flash and then smoke, but it's so minuscule.

Even White Mages have DPS habilities more impressive than MCH... Miracle for instance is loud and flashy... lucky them

Only animation that bugs me for MCH is the needless handwaving u do when u'r "casting" a shot with Gauss Barel on... I meen come on its a gun not a wand

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Actually, as I heard they bring a gunner-like class to the game, I ve expected something different than a simple Bard-clone. I really love to play MCH, but there could be a bigger impact on most skills. Some skills are fine, but other skills are looking boring.

I totally agree, that Wildfire should end with an explosion or something. Most skills are just lame animated or just a sound effect with smoke. My suggestions are:

1. Gauss-Barell: Remove that ugly rotating thing and give a silencer or some kind of effects (glowing, sparkles, whatever)
2. Wildfire: Wildfire should end with a huge explosion or shockwave.
3. Gauss-Shot: Change it to a small laserbeam or smoke line. Just make it look a bit more devastating.

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Rep team, copy/paste this and send it to SE team about 50 times. And then 50 times again the next day. Thank you

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Originally Posted by Velhart

Rep team, copy/paste this and send it to SE team about 50 times. And then 50 times again the next day. Thank you

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How can we find the mail/forum (?) address where to send this, because I WILL !!

Should change the thread name to The Shooting Range :P