Machinists: What's your favorite gun glamour?

I always feel like machinist gets the short end of the stick (or rifle) when it comes to weapon design. But I know there are some amazing pieces out there too. Which one is your favorite?

The new matte relic.

Annie Oakley up in dis.

As much as I like the Anima weapon, I really really love the King's Handgonne!!
The design is beautiful and versatile and my the idea was just executed so so well.
It's not just my fav MCH weapon, it's one of my favorite pieces period.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/T...%27s_Handgonne

Makai Hand Mortar. Fits perfectly with smaller races.

Gonna cheat a bit and list a whole bunch of guns I like in no particular order.

Armageddon
Revolver of the Wanderer
Deepshadow Pistol
Hellfire
Elemental Handgonne
Law's Order Revolver
Blade's Ingenuity
Edenchoir Arquebus
Weathered Fomalhaut
Midan Metal Musketoon
Deathlocke Lux
Suzaku's Revolver
Pre-imperial Garlean Revolver
Makai Hand Mortar
Ferdinand

What’s this? A MCH thread ?

Oh it’s just glam...

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Originally Posted by Stormfur

I always feel like machinist gets the short end of the stick (or rifle) when it comes to weapon design. But I know there are some amazing pieces out there too. Which one is your favorite?

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Musketoon of the Metal Cat (Yokai Watch) - It has a very fun grenade launcher esque silhouette, stands out
Makai gun - I believe this is the smallest MCH weapon, a handgun
Crypturker - It looks like an actual IRL sniper rifle
The last resistance weapon stage - Forgot the name, but the matte (no sfx) is literally an oldschool shotgun

These are the stand outs for me, my favorite being the Yokai one, because it looks really distinct with color and its shape is not like extremely busy like most MCH arms are.

Blue Steel / The Coming Storm

The gun is also a blade, but not a gun blade.

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Makai Hand Mortar. Fits perfectly with smaller races.

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This right here. As a lalafell its perfect.

I'm always a fan of more realistically porportioned weapons (I really hate the HUGE unwieldy weapons)

So for me, one of the best ones is the deepgold revolver. It's still a bit oversized, but it's attractive and close to a size that I could see someone actually use.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/imag...d_Revolver.png

crossing fingers for a xbow looking weapon someday

Some of my favourites are ones that look like different guns. E.G. the final coil weapon looks like a grenade launcher, the Bismarck weapon looks like a shotgun, the makai gun looks like a handgun (although I wish they’d given it some different animations like holstering it on the hip and holding it differently when sprinting).

Baldur Rimfire.

Always been quite fond of the Pre-Imperial Garlean Revolver.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/imag...n_Revolver.png

I'm a fan of handguns, in particular the m1911. With that preface, I love the makai hand Cannon and wish we had more like it--but I can't use it.

Because the sprint animation makes you look like you're lugging an assault rifle. It's very "look Ivan if u hold peestol like me u will never shoot the inaccurate for fear of shooting fingers."

I wish they'd pick a gun style and stick with it. Back when mch had reload, did you know the artifact weapon (a break action double barrel shotgun) actually broke to accept the new ammo? That was super neat. The Wanderer's Revolver did too. Little animations now lost to time...but I digress. I wish they'd have picked a gun type, even if that came down to long guns vs hand guns, and stuck with it for the job that way a future job could use the other variety (especially since MCH is losing its gunslinger identity which, fair enough, but I'd love a gunslinger).

Tldr and ramble aside my top 3 are makai hand mortar, af1 weapon (forget it's name... Ferdinand? Double barrel) and Wanderer's Revolver.

Revolver of the Wanderer is so freaking cool. I have it dyed silver and it has such a cool modern western feel to it.

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Originally Posted by SaberMaxwell

I'm a fan of handguns, in particular the m1911. With that preface, I love the makai hand Cannon and wish we had more like it--but I can't use it.

Because the sprint animation makes you look like you're lugging an assault rifle. It's very "look Ivan if u hold peestol like me u will never shoot the inaccurate for fear of shooting fingers."

I wish they'd pick a gun style and stick with it. Back when mch had reload, did you know the artifact weapon (a break action double barrel shotgun) actually broke to accept the new ammo? That was super neat. The Wanderer's Revolver did too. Little animations now lost to time...but I digress. I wish they'd have picked a gun type, even if that came down to long guns vs hand guns, and stuck with it for the job that way a future job could use the other variety (especially since MCH is losing its gunslinger identity which, fair enough, but I'd love a gunslinger).

Tldr and ramble aside my top 3 are makai hand mortar, af1 weapon (forget it's name... Ferdinand? Double barrel) and Wanderer's Revolver.

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Necroing this, but I feel the same way here. They need to pick one or the other and give weapons with full stocks for rifles or just go straight handguns because i'd love to see an actual damn musket or something.

High Steel Culverin though, reminds me of that one shotgun used in one of the Terminator movies. >.> we really have 0 shotgun variants honestly. But yeah, it's either that one or like..the one from the Wolves Den that is and isn't a gunblade.

Ferdinand is my favorite gun by far, I wish more guns were designed like it.

Honorable mentions:
Armageddon
Outsider
Matte Blade's Ingenuity
Senor Sabotender Pistola
Mythrite-barreled Arquebus
Darksteel-barreled Blunderbuss

Any recommendations for guns that don't look like toys on a Hrothgar ? Preferably rifle type and not a pistol.

For some reason guns are one of the weapon types that dont scale well to large races. Scythes, fist weapons and melee in general seem to do, the exception being shields. They are tiny on a Hrothgar as well.

And is there something like the lvl 90 Blacksmith apron available as glamour for machinist ? The ilvl 570/590 gear looks terrible unfortunately.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Forgesoph%27s_Apron

I like Cryptlurker gun cause it just looks like an irl tommy gun. Other than that, I like the final shb relic as well, which reminds me of an arcade light gun. Gives me time crisis vibes lol

Still looks like a toy on a Hrothgar :(

https://i.imgur.com/eK7jvd2.png

And yea, that is the 590 gear, doesnt look at all like a Machinist, does it.

Some stages of the HW relic weapon are quite impressive. One feels like I need to make a retainer into barret and give it to him.

The Shadowbringer relic, in the rifle stages look rather good on a hrothgar, though you might want to do the replica version that has no aura on it, if you don't like the flower petals.

I really like the e12s weapon, it's not flashy or anything, but all the tiny details on the model is really neat and the blue accent is a nice touch.

here's a showcase of the gun :
https://youtu.be/I2QhtpgJG_w?t=298

Augmented deepshadow pistol

Looks so badass

Ingenuity from the Bozja relic quests. I use the non shining version with a Far Eastern look that looks like Hancock's appearance. :)

Revolver of the wanderer (dyed halatali yellow to make it gold)
https://ff14.norirow.com/wp-content/...7-1024x576.jpg

Ghost Barque Revolver (also Deepgold Revolver, same design different colour and dyeable)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPZeKYOWoAQ28yq.jpg

Blue Steel
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MSH9M3TAIJQ/maxresdefault.jpg

Augmented Deepshadow Pistol
https://i.redd.it/iiw7om4yc9v71.jpg

1st - Deathlocke (non-Lux), I MUCH prefer the orange flame (see sig).
2nd (just barely) - Endless Expanse Handgonne, cuz bubble gun.

I'd love being able to just glam a 2nd firearm onto our off-hand slot so I could gunkata with both of my favorites.

Deepshadow Pistol
Nabaath Rimfire
Hellhound Handgonne

and absolute favourite...

Hyperactive Armageddon.
Ultimate Armageddon.

I hardly take either of these two off. Only really use the top 3 for very specific glamours.

I really like Ktiseos Revolver, and I also like the Makai pistol just due to its simplicity and size.
I kinda wish there were more just normal-sized handguns in the game.

The animations are clearly not intended for it tho lol, you can see it when MCH holds their gun like a rifle it looks a bit silly.

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Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Makai Hand Mortar. Fits perfectly with smaller races.

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Seconded. The only weirdness is when you Sprint it looks funny (because the off-hand is out where the barrel of a rifle would be, which looks silly with a pistol), and that it seems a bit odd to stow/strap a pistol over your shoulder, but overall, it looks good, especially with the smaller races. And especially with how acrobatic some MCH abilities are. Lot easier to flip in the air and do a one-handed trick shot with a pistol than a rifle, I would think. :D

EDIT: If we're picking more than one, I like the ShB/Bozja relic one's last step. The matte one looks like an old western double barrel shotgun. The final version with the glowy bits is one of the weapons where the glowy bits don't just look tacked on (GNB being another), and though a scope is a bit odd on a shotgun, the overall design works in both versions.

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Originally Posted by Renathras

Seconded. The only weirdness is when you Sprint it looks funny (because the off-hand is out where the barrel of a rifle would be, which looks silly with a pistol), and that it seems a bit odd to stow/strap a pistol over your shoulder, but overall, it looks good, especially with the smaller races. And especially with how acrobatic some MCH abilities are. Lot easier to flip in the air and do a one-handed trick shot with a pistol than a rifle, I would think. :D

EDIT: If we're picking more than one, I like the ShB/Bozja relic one's last step. The matte one looks like an old western double barrel shotgun. The final version with the glowy bits is one of the weapons where the glowy bits don't just look tacked on (GNB being another), and though a scope is a bit odd on a shotgun, the overall design works in both versions.

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I really wish we could glam abilities, for example make the 1 2 3 combo of MCH look like the low level 1 2 3 combo.
It's the same with BRD for me I actually prefer Heavy Shot visually over Burst Shot.

I think they'd look better for the pistol especially imo.

Law's Order Revolver

https://glamours.eorzeacollection.co...1616395490.png

Why have one gun when you can have two at once!?

i wish that hip battery charge thing would disappear. if gunblades can have cartridges why can't machines have sensible cartridges as well?

100% The Deepshadow Pistol

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Originally Posted by Kolsykol

I really wish we could glam abilities, for example make the 1 2 3 combo of MCH look like the low level 1 2 3 combo.
It's the same with BRD for me I actually prefer Heavy Shot visually over Burst Shot.

I think they'd look better for the pistol especially imo.

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I MIGHT have misunderstood this...but isn't that something they were previewing on the liveletter? I fully admit I was more than half asleep at the time, but I remember a frame where they had PLD abilities up and it LOOKED like they were slotting Rage of Halone in place of Royal Authority, which my brain was thinking must mean "Oh, so they're going to let us pick the different animation of we want it? That's nice because I've always liked Rage of Halone's visual better anyway..."

Granted, I might have just dozed off party-way through and dreamed it, as I've heard no one else talking about it... XD

Revolver of the Wanderer from pvp
Just a giant revolver

With a class like Machinist I like to go for the most over engendered ridiculous looking thing I can find and although I'm only level 65 I find I keep glamoring every gun to the Menacing Moogle Mog Gun it's been my favorite look so far