MCH - Wishlist

• Remove Wildfire is a spell that depends a lot on the situation, because it needs to align several other abilities. It does not have much versatility, so, is boring mechanic.
  
• Ammunition system seems to be a waste of time. I have no idea for improvement here, but is sure that can improve.
  
• It's not fun re-summon the turret every time. Would be interesting the turret follow us.
  
• if not make the option to hide the aetherotransformer, why then do not customize in the same way as the red mage crystals? they are very ugly with some glamour
  
• If they are willing to be bold, why not dual gun? :cool:

Why MCH wishlist:

* Remove Gauss Barrel. Not only is it a butt to use, but it also looks like butt on 99.99999% of guns. Simply tie the Heat mechanic to the job gauge as a make Gauss Barrel like a trait or something that activates it. Also, while you're at it... Make the Heat mechanic less butt.

* Make Slug Shot and Clean Shot 100% chance to proc without ammo.

* Add some cool interesting effects to ammo usage on skills you don't spam (For example, put something interesting on Ricochet, Gauss Round and Heartbreak that isn't just +30 potency. Change the effect of ammo on Hot Shot to something more interesting like a 30s DoT) so you have more dynamic use of ammo where you use it on your 123 combo when you don't have CD skills to use ammo on for cool effects.

* Make SkS reduce the CD of Rapid Fire

* Add a new turret that does ranged AoE damage by launching grenades

* Add a small personal turret that flies around you and replicates your actions at significantly reduced potency

* Aetherotransformer glamour!!!

* Maybe a trait that generates 1 ammo every 30 seconds, independently of Reload skills. Maybe with some interaction with the timer allowing your to reduce it by using skills (I.e. So you passively generate ammo instead of only having Reload/Quick-Reload to generate it)

Simple things for me: Remove the overheat mechanic.
Make the job more intuitive. I could be using and aligning all the cool downs I can but messing up is way too easy and Wildfire only adds more stress for not that much gain and even then I have no clue if all that action is getting me average DPS or not.
Make the turrets be able to follow you. Take a hint from Nier Automata since it’s coming to play later. While we are at it, give the turrets more moves. Make it like Enkindle but obviously not that powerful and not on such a long cool down.

I do want new turrets and a ranged aoe turret sounds great but probably won't happen since if it did it would either be better then bishop and bishop never get's used again or worse then bishop and it would never get's used. Better option make bishop aoe.

I want a Knight Autoturret that is independent of the other turrets and absorbs a % of the damage dealt within a designated area and once it's time runs out it detonates dealing aoe damage.

I to would like to see turrets just follow us as well. Would make it easier with bishop especially so we wouldn't have to keep moving as the tank moves around. Though I'd prefer it it ended up as a trait. My thinking is that we use allagan tech to upgrade the turrets to nodes. The names would likely change as well to reflect this so Rook/Bishop Autonode.

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Originally Posted by Erudito

Simple things for me: Remove the overheat mechanic.
Make the job more intuitive. I could be using and aligning all the cool downs I can but messing up is way too easy and Wildfire only adds more stress for not that much gain and even then I have no clue if all that action is getting me average DPS or not.
Make the turrets be able to follow you. Take a hint from Nier Automata since it’s coming to play later. While we are at it, give the turrets more moves. Make it like Enkindle but obviously not that powerful and not on such a long cool down.

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If they were to just turn turrets into pods, I might honestly switch to MCH. They wouldn't even need to really change the abilities, just the behavior - Program:Rook, Program:Bishop(probably just replace the actual Bishop with a dummy unit), Program:Hypercharge, you get the idea.

I'm in the minority here but I prefer the way MCH played in 3.0 vs 4.0.

I really don't want to turn turrets into pets with a lot of new functions, and I don't mind if they stay stationary. The only times I ever find I need to place it back down are when we arrive at a new part of the map or after using Overdrive, so in the latter case I would like it if Overdrive just shut the turret off for 30 seconds and then resumed its normal function instead of destroying it entirely. I wouldn't mind if Bishop got a larger AoE too, since the AoE damage buff from Hypercharge is a lot harder to position than, say, any of Bard's party buffs.

I would also like it if the turret wasn't destroyed and just disabled since one of my own issues is remembering to place my turret once it's off cooldown.

One other thing I'd like is to see is turrets get their own sort of enkindle command. I know they have overdrive but that disables them from combat this could just be a burst on a shorter cooldown. I know some players like that they have little play or worry when it comes to turrets but they just sit there as a dot with an hp bar. I want a little more interaction with them.

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Originally Posted by AvenoMatt

I do want new turrets and a ranged aoe turret sounds great but probably won't happen since if it did it would either be better then bishop and bishop never get's used again or worse then bishop and it would never get's used. Better option make bishop aoe.

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Easiest solution would be to have it as an upgrade up Bishop.

Call it Bishop Autoturret II.

Could also then upgrade Rook to something cooler too. Like, maybe flying Tesla Coil a la Command and Conquer. Gets some braaap with your pew pew :cool: (Speaking of pew pew... Why don't we have a skill to double tap? Bard's have Barrage for triple tap... Why can't MCH be able to double tap xD )

There's also the possibility of having new turrets that are, in of themselves, CD's. Similar to SMN with Demi-Bahamut. For example, get a flying missile launcher turret thing that fires off a bunch of salvos of missiles then falls to pieces. Or like a Gatling turret that "Spins up" firing progressively faster until it peaks out and destroys itself. Could be a way to bridge the 30s gap after an Overdrive for example.

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Originally Posted by briarth0rn

I really don't want to turn turrets into pets with a lot of new functions, and I don't mind if they stay stationary. The only times I ever find I need to place it back down are when we arrive at a new part of the map or after using Overdrive, so in the latter case I would like it if Overdrive just shut the turret off for 30 seconds and then resumed its normal function instead of destroying it entirely.

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To be honest, I don't really care too much about turrets getting more abilities. I mean, we already have SMN for that kind of playstyle.

But moving turrets would be nice, merely for QoL stuff. Such as removing the Turret Retrieval action (As well as the chat spam/summon spam as you keep moving through a dungeon resummoning a turret at each pack of trash that the tank stops at...) as well as removing the need for that annoying ground target aspect of the summon.

Also, a minor QoL thing would be not getting annoyed when you plop down your Bishop, only for the tank to then move the pack of mobs and leave you with a useless turret that's out of range to do anything for 10s while you wait for the resummon to come off CD...

So long as the AI was kept simple, so you didn't need like a pet action bar or anything like that. You just had a floating turret buddy following you and attacking your targets (Only concern would really be Bishop positioning given its PBAoE attack... Though, nothing a radius increase couldn't fix...)

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Originally Posted by Kalise

There's also the possibility of having new turrets that are, in of themselves, CD's. Similar to SMN with Demi-Bahamut. For example, get a flying missile launcher turret thing that fires off a bunch of salvos of missiles then falls to pieces. Or like a Gatling turret that "Spins up" firing progressively faster until it peaks out and destroys itself. Could be a way to bridge the 30s gap after an Overdrive for example.

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I just imagined the visuals and spectical of all this and I'm in. Honestly one of the main reasons I like mch is because of the heated actions visuals.

I would also like animations that made sense. things like Heated Slug Shot are cool, but they do not make sense (bullets appear in the air? why?)

It would be cooler missiles like the other guy said. incorporating allag tech would be cool as well... I already imagine using gadget/turret like ADS xD

This is a Better idea GM!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkGSg9O-stc

why don't you add a transforming weapon for MCH in level 80! WATCH THE LINK DEVS!

Heavy Gunner, Launcher/Blaster FTW! XD

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Originally Posted by AvenoMatt

I just imagined the visuals and spectical of all this and I'm in. Honestly one of the main reasons I like mch is because of the heated actions visuals.

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Good visuals would definitely bring me back to MCH. But it'd take a lot of replacement to undo the eyesore of the heated actions.

...Gameplay improvements would surpass any of that, though. There's just very little "MCH-like" about MCH at the moment, save perhaps its initially esoteric rotation, which is stained with QoL and functional issues. Sadly, I can't feel the visual flair much, especially of a theme that wants for so much more, if there's little control or planning behind it. Here's hoping we can get more to give wonderfully effective (polished, not merely "streamlined") gameplay with wonderfully effective (not gaudy) visuals.

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Originally Posted by LordMetal7

This is a Better idea GM!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkGSg9O-stc

why don't you add a transforming weapon for MCH in level 80! WATCH THE LINK DEVS!

Heavy Gunner, Launcher/Blaster FTW! XD

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I would hard nope right away from that, and likely even playing alongside one, in all honesty.

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Originally Posted by Kalise

* Add a small personal turret that flies around you and replicates your actions at significantly reduced potency

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I'd probably replace Wildfire with something like this. A small turret that copies everything you do at 25% of your potency for X amount of actions.

A free company mate of mine suggested that wildfire be changed to a dot that gradually increases in potency each tick and then deals aoe burst damage. With a name like wildfire it makes sense and the description of it being a slow burning pitch ,why not have it gradual pick up?

I can agree that the animations for the heated actions may not make the most sense but the base actions are just so boring IMO that any animation is a good animation.

Also I want a heated spead shot. It's boring to use and underwhelming visually and damage wise. I know that turret is there to help us out but a buff to it via a heated actions would be great.

To me, MCH right now feels more like a Gunner than a Machinist. Remember in the live letters and interviews leading up to HW, they made it seem like MCH would have all these turrets and attachments, but in the end we got 2 turrets and 1 attachment (which was always on). I'd like to see less emphasis of the gun outside of your main combo, Richochet/Gauss round and more emphasis on grenades, bombs, tasers, etc.

It would be super cool if MCH got a new resource 80+ called Synthesis Gauge. Maybe in the MCH quests, there is an effort to reverse-engineer some of Omega's technology and in doing so, MCH with enough stored aether, passively gained from attacking, they can generate weapons in thin air. Maybe a big ass Drill that pummels through the enemy, and even a giant circular chainsaw that they spin around with, dealing AoE damage around them. They could even make those attacks combo into eachother, like Red Mage's melee combo, and have it end with a finisher (Air Anchor?).

I mean if SMN can attune themselves to Bahamut's aether and call down Ahk Morns and Demi-Bahamut...then as a MCH I want to be able to summon "Peripheral Synthesis" and have floating mechanical weapons and drills/saws/fists to attack my enemy. Hell, they could make the Level 80 capstone skill have MCH press a button on a device and a "King" turret comes up behind them and fires an Omega-style Delta Attack.

Mmmhm...

Was thinking earlier when I was shooting some dudes...

What if Spread Shot was removed/replaced.

But then we had like 2 different "Barrels" to swap between (Without the butt looking attachment that the current Gauss Barrel skill comes with >.>)

One would function like our normal gun. But the other would turn the Split/Slug/Clean Shots into AoE versions. With appropriate potencies for both normal and Heated versions.

As for what the barrels could be, with animations in mind... I don't know exactly. Is an implied underslung grenade launcher too wild given the models of guns?

Combine the effects of wildfire and overheat. Make overheat +45% damage instead of +20%, and make wildfire an ability that triggers overheat in one shot. This way we can keep the full damage bonus even if we switch targets or use AoE abilities, and it would make it less frustrating when bosses go invulnerable halfway through our burst window, because more of the damage will be frontloaded.

Flamethrower can then become a normal AoE ability that isn't obligatorily used to overheat. Or perhaps it could be buffed and only usable during overheat, as a proper ultimate AoE. It would be nice if its damage output was as impressive as its visuals.

Remove gauss barrel. It looks stupid, and ruins the aesthetic of almost every gun in the game. You wouldn't even have to adjust our potencies, just move the 5% damage boost onto hot shot.

Change our bishop turret to work like the rook, but with an AoE centered on the target. It's a pain in the ass having to adjust the positioning of the bishop during trash pulls.

Make overload deactivate the turret instead of removing it, and have it automatically reactivate after 30 seconds have passed.

And finally, improve our overall damage by 1-2%. Our personal dps should be enough to make up for the much greater party utility that Bard has, and I don't think that's the case currently.

Remake MCH to Sky Pirate and we’re good.

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Originally Posted by Jonnycbad

To me, MCH right now feels more like a Gunner than a Machinist. Remember in the live letters and interviews leading up to HW, they made it seem like MCH would have all these turrets and attachments, but in the end we got 2 turrets and 1 attachment (which was always on). I'd like to see less emphasis of the gun outside of your main combo, Richochet/Gauss round and more emphasis on grenades, bombs, tasers, etc.

It would be super cool if MCH got a new resource 80+ called Synthesis Gauge. Maybe in the MCH quests, there is an effort to reverse-engineer some of Omega's technology and in doing so, MCH with enough stored aether, passively gained from attacking, they can generate weapons in thin air. Maybe a big ass Drill that pummels through the enemy, and even a giant circular chainsaw that they spin around with, dealing AoE damage around them. They could even make those attacks combo into eachother, like Red Mage's melee combo, and have it end with a finisher (Air Anchor?).

I mean if SMN can attune themselves to Bahamut's aether and call down Ahk Morns and Demi-Bahamut...then as a MCH I want to be able to summon "Peripheral Synthesis" and have floating mechanical weapons and drills/saws/fists to attack my enemy. Hell, they could make the Level 80 capstone skill have MCH press a button on a device and a "King" turret comes up behind them and fires an Omega-style Delta Attack.

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MCH had several concepts we were told about, all focusing on different aspects that were kind of just blended together in the final product. It's always had an identity crisis.

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Originally Posted by milovan

Remake MCH to Sky Pirate and we’re good.

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So, leave it with just Split Shot? And then randomly give it Gravity, Haste, Slow, Reflect, Vanish, Warp, Decoy, Oil, Confusion, Gil Toss, Achilles, Libra, and Steal?...

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Originally Posted by Shurrikhan

So, leave it with just Split Shot? And then randomly give it Gravity, Haste, Slow, Reflect, Vanish, Warp, Decoy, Oil, Confusion, Gil Toss, Achilles, Libra, and Steal?...

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*FF Tactics Sky Pirate

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Originally Posted by milovan

*FF Tactics Sky Pirate

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Actually that's not bad. Were Bard buffs the party with songs, MCH can debuff the mobs via turrets.

Make Wildfire a number of GCDs, not a timer.

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Originally Posted by Dyvid

Actually that's not bad. Were Bard buffs the party with songs, MCH can debuff the mobs via turrets.

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They tried that from what I remember of the job's initial implementation. Hypercharged Rook caused physical vulnerability, Hypercharged Bishop caused magic vulnerability, and then there were Dismantle and Rend Mind(I think that was the name) to reduce the target's physical and magical damage respectively. It really didn't work.

Honesty as long as the turret dosen't get recalled for Overcharge & just starts working again after the debuff is over... & they make some sorta "Instant" Overheat mech/skill/trait I'll be fine with MCH, even thou I have gotten use to 4.0 MCH I mean it ant 3.0 MCH, I liked that version... except the casting animation, THAT made me cringe a lot... but at lest it isn't a total broken mess right!

Whoever designed MCH had a ton of ideas and spent no time fleshing them out. I'm still confused why we use Hot Shot during quests to scare off NPCs. Are we actually using different ammunition for that as opposed to slug shot? Of all the concepts to integrate why didn't they make actual options for type of ammo to fire? The Heated animations make no sense. In fact all of the abilities have no logical explanation. Why exactly does Rapid Fire have a cool down? Our gun can only shoot fast 3 times in a row every 60 seconds? Cause "reasons" right? Shouldn't we always be shooting as fast as possible. Ricochet is technological marvel with no explanation whatsoever. I wanna love it but it feels absurd.

Hi can someone point me in the direction of learning to play MCH, sample rotations, skill priority and usage etc. Just want to try out MCH as I have it to 40lvl but gave up on it in the past. Also if you could do the same for bars, that would be lovely. Thank you and I would be ever so grateful

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Originally Posted by NobleWinter

Whoever designed MCH had a ton of ideas and spent no time fleshing them out. I'm still confused why we use Hot Shot during quests to scare off NPCs. Are we actually using different ammunition for that as opposed to slug shot? Of all the concepts to integrate why didn't they make actual options for type of ammo to fire? The Heated animations make no sense. In fact all of the abilities have no logical explanation. Why exactly does Rapid Fire have a cool down? Our gun can only shoot fast 3 times in a row every 60 seconds? Cause "reasons" right? Shouldn't we always be shooting as fast as possible. Ricochet is technological marvel with no explanation whatsoever. I wanna love it but it feels absurd.

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Machinists don't use conventional bullets, they fire highly condensed lightning aether. The process is the entire reason the fanny pack exists and can be used to rationalize things like Ricochet, why Rapid Fire isn't permanent, turret construction and deployment, etc. Things like the heat mechanic and Flamethrower would presumably be an evolution of the concept, either improvements to utilize fire aether or to convert lightning into heat.

Honestly my biggest complaints are that 1) the Gauss Barrel is incredibly ugly, and 2) Wildfire is awful in its current form.

In theory Wildfire isn't much different than any other DPS CD. You want to use all your strongest stuff during Blood for Blood, Raging Strikes, etc too. Problem is that Wildfire is really clunky to use (freaking overheat...), and because it puts a debuff on the mob rather than a buff on the player, you get nothing out of it if you lose or have to change targets while it's active. DRGs still get the full damage bonus if they switch targets or AoE while B4B is up. MCHs on the other hand get next to nothing because it only affects one target.

just make that Limit Break Mech thingy a part of the Level 80 rotation like Bahamut.

I'd like to see Wildfire made 15 seconds, and a split between Wildfire and Overheat so that they're two separate mechanics. Just as one example of an idea -

:: Wildfire becomes 15s and only affects physical / non-Flamethrower damage.

:: Instead of a flat damage bonus, Overheat increases the damage of Flamethrower specifically, by a lot (200p per tick or something). Change Flamethrower to 5 seconds, so you just need to get it in at some point during your OH.

This would move the core kit into something akin to Paladin, where you have two different bursts to work with, but with some give instead of super tight timing (reduce FT's cooldown to 50s or something to help). FT would be like Ten Chi Jin, which is not a widely liked skill, but anything that makes FT relevant as more than a start-OH button will be like that.

Also, it'd change the flow of the job -before- any new skills, allowing new buttons to be more gadget-y as is often wished for.


On the QoL front -

:: Barrel auto-reapply, obviously

:: Just make Hot Shot put you at 50 heat if you aren't there already, instead of having a separate formality skill just to do that

:: Rapid Fire to 1s, so that weaving just isn't an option instead of ping hell


And then gadget fun! I don't think realistically they're going to do multiple turrets deployed at once, so there are limits here but I could imagine -

:: Make Barrel Stablizer into an AoE buff around your turret, doing some form of more-damage if you hang out nearby

:: A land mine skill where you place it down, it grows in power over time (up to a max obviously) until you detonate it

:: A defensive field around your turret of some kind

:: A third super-turret that only lasts a short amount of time (maybe drains your MP even?) but can't use Hypercharge, maybe can't use these other thingies

Hmm...

Was thinking a bit and what if Wildfire and Heat were reworked...

For Heat:

What if Overheat was removed entirely as a mechanic. With potency across the board adjusted to compensate. With the Heat gauge being about building it up for >50 Heat bonuses on your 123 combo.

With Cooldown and Flamethrower being changed to remove all Heat upon use. With maybe a bit of a buff to damage output (Especially Flamethrower). So that the rotation becomes about building up heat, bursting during Wildfire and then at the end of the burst dumping Heat with a potent skill (CD for ST and FT for AoE) and then building the Heat back up again.

Possibly also with a change to the mechanics of FT so that it provides a bit more burst output and less "Don't mind me, I'mma just stand over here for a bit"

For Wildfire:

What if it was merged with Rapid Fire?

Like, instead of being a debuff you put onto your target, you buff yourself. Basically putting your gun onto turbo and being able to empty your magazine in record time. But this overheats it and makes it unstable, so you then toss it at your enemies and then it explodes.

So, essentially it becomes a 10s buff like Wildfire, with the 1.5s reuse timer from Rapid Fire. Then 25% of your damage dealt over the duration is stored up and it becomes a new action that is oGCD and lets you toss the magazine at your opponent dealing the stored damage split evenly between all targets in the area.

That way, you have 1 less button to manage (You wouldn't have to constantly press Rapid Fire > Wildfire given they both are 60s CD's). While also being able to get around the fact that Wildfire sucks when target swapping or AoE situations occur.

The only issue I could see, is farming damage from AoE and then bursting really hard against a single target >.>

Though, how often would something like that be an issue?

Just fix wildfire, make it not ping reliable :<.

I'm having fun with MCH other than that.

All I want is an end to lunchbox oppression! Either make it optional to hide it altogether, or at least give us options to have smaller less hand clippy versions we can use.

Also, do away with the concept of having dps bursts that happen only 10 seconds every minute. Take that off and make ammo more prominent and constant. Or something like that!

Hmm... Following on from my previous ideas in this thread...

If Heat was a mechanic to play around with generating and spending and what not...

Gauss Barrel
* Removed

Hot Shot
* Redesigned. No longer gives damage buff. Now gives a 60 second buff that enables most weaponskills to generate 5 heat.
* Ammo bonus: Guaranteed Critical Hit and generates 15 additional Heat.

Pawn Personal Defense Turret
* New skill
* Smol turret that flies around you and has no health bar and can't be attacked.
* Copies any skills you use at 15% efficiency
* Essentially replaces the 5% and 10% damage boosts from Hot Shot and Gauss Barrel boosts that are no longer around.

Rook Anti-Personnel Turret
* Upgrade to Rook Autoturret
* Deals slightly more potency
* 20% chance on hit to generate an Ammo for you
* Turret appearance is larger and has a more pronounced barrel. Shots sound higher calibre and leave a bullet trail (Think something like the Sniper Rifle in Halo)

Bishop Suppression Turret
* Upgrade to Bishop Autoturret
* Deals slightly more potency
* 3% chance per target hit to generate an Ammo for you
* Turret upgraded to being a mortar style turret. Firing grenades from a distance at a target (I mean, it's attacks ARE called Aetheric Mortar after all...)

Knight Assault Turret
* New Skill
* Turret that deals more damage than Bishop but less than Rook. Hits up to 2 targets for full damage.
* For use against smaller numbers of enemies when neither Rook nor Bishop are fully utilized.
* Shoots bolts of lightning that chain to a second target.
* 10% per target hit to generate an Ammo for you.

Queen Missile Launcher
* New Skill
* Fires high damage missile salvos against enemies
* Has limited lifespan
* Long CD (It's essentially a CD damage boost skill)

King Gatling Turret
* New Skill
* Fires repeated shots for decent damage. Ramps up in attack speed after each shot.
* Dismantles after maintaining maximum attack speed for a few seconds.
* Thus, has limited lifespan
* Another long CD turret to add into the list of available CD's
* Shares CD with Queen Missile Launcher

I believe that would all end up covering every Chess Piece in the form of turrets :3

My Thoughts.

Remove Heat and replace with overclock.

Overclock
When you reach 100 on the overclock meter you can activate overclock through an oGCD, which gives a 20% damage up for 15s
Wildfire Remains as 10s and should be paired with overclock every min for a similar burst to now, but the 15s of overclock gives more leeway.
While Under the effects of overclock all weaponskills upgrade to their overclocked form (Previously Heated form)
While Under the effects of overclock flamethrower becomes Bioblaster.

Bioblaster
When overclocked flamethrower becomes bioblaster. Bioblaster places a DOT on the enemy, the duration of which increases by 6s for every tick of bioblaster that hits for a maximum of a 60s duration. The natural place for this is after you have finished your wildfire in the 5 or so remaining seconds of overclock. You can then be channeling bioblaster during the 10s lockout from gauss barrel so you effectively don't lose anything, as you've snapshotted the 20% damage from the overclock.

Cooldown
Due to heat being removed, cooldown is reworked as "Grenade Launch", which procs off of turret auto's, proc rate increases under hypercharge.

Barrel Stabiliser
Change to "Maximum Specs", sets the overclock gauge to 100, used for openers/ phase transitions.

Flamethrower
No longer is used to generate heat, potency adjusted to be mchs best aoe for trash packs.

Further Skills

Grenado Shot: aoe use of the proc of Grenade Launcher
Grappling Hook: Draws you close to the target, can be used on turret

Benefits of this rework

Fixes the ping reliant nature of mch (mostly) by eliminating the need of flamethrower to overheat, double weaves would still be necessary though, and also makes the class less punishing by removing the ability to accidentally overheat. Also makes flamethrower a more useful skill than just a tool for overheating and adds bioblaster, a classic mch tool. It also reduces the amount the heated animations are used which is a personal plus for me, but also isn't a requirement of the rework, they could keep them used for every gcd just as a trait. Naturally, overclock generation would have to be higher than it currently is so that 100 overclock could be reach in a min.

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Originally Posted by Kalise

Hmm... Following on from my previous ideas in this thread...

If Heat was a mechanic to play around with generating and spending and what not...

Gauss Barrel
* Removed

Hot Shot
* Redesigned. No longer gives damage buff. Now gives a 60 second buff that enables most weaponskills to generate 5 heat.
* Ammo bonus: Guaranteed Critical Hit and generates 15 additional Heat.

Pawn Personal Defense Turret
* New skill
* Smol turret that flies around you and has no health bar and can't be attacked.
* Copies any skills you use at 15% efficiency
* Essentially replaces the 5% and 10% damage boosts from Hot Shot and Gauss Barrel boosts that are no longer around.

Rook Anti-Personnel Turret
* Upgrade to Rook Autoturret
* Deals slightly more potency
* 20% chance on hit to generate an Ammo for you
* Turret appearance is larger and has a more pronounced barrel. Shots sound higher calibre and leave a bullet trail (Think something like the Sniper Rifle in Halo)

Bishop Suppression Turret
* Upgrade to Bishop Autoturret
* Deals slightly more potency
* 3% chance per target hit to generate an Ammo for you
* Turret upgraded to being a mortar style turret. Firing grenades from a distance at a target (I mean, it's attacks ARE called Aetheric Mortar after all...)

Knight Assault Turret
* New Skill
* Turret that deals more damage than Bishop but less than Rook. Hits up to 2 targets for full damage.
* For use against smaller numbers of enemies when neither Rook nor Bishop are fully utilized.
* Shoots bolts of lightning that chain to a second target.
* 10% per target hit to generate an Ammo for you.

Queen Missile Launcher
* New Skill
* Fires high damage missile salvos against enemies
* Has limited lifespan
* Long CD (It's essentially a CD damage boost skill)

King Gatling Turret
* New Skill
* Fires repeated shots for decent damage. Ramps up in attack speed after each shot.
* Dismantles after maintaining maximum attack speed for a few seconds.
* Thus, has limited lifespan
* Another long CD turret to add into the list of available CD's
* Shares CD with Queen Missile Launcher

I believe that would all end up covering every Chess Piece in the form of turrets :3

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If this where skills it would be SET and i love it

I'm currently leveling MCH and I want desperately to love this class. But I find that the most fun I have with it, is in content where I dont really have to worry about Overheat or wildfire, Heaven on High or even leveling under 70. I find myself thinking man if this was just a fast paced gunner job focused on dmg it would be so much better. Like let me use Heat as a resource to keep balanced ala RDM. Use techy aesthetics like BS more to debuff and make me not worry about replacing turrets left and right constantly. I just think that without the gimmick of WF and OH a straightforward MCH makes more sense. A reliable Vuln up stack is more than enough utility. Let Bard have all its toys and let me Pew Pew big numbers without all the hoops dangit.

Get rid of overheat
Make wildfire friendlier to use
Make flamethrower better
give new fun abilities

fixed it E Z