machinist mains are masochists

i truly don't know why i leveled this class to 90. i wanted to love it but apparently i was playing it all wrong, and the actual gameplay is just high apm spam. not to mention it's a lot of work for such low reward in PS

Repetition to mastery, no need to manage when things go off at specific times and you just press the button with no forethought to it after the opener aside from 'the boss will jump soon' or 'I have two stacks of reassemble before the 2 minute burst window'

You'll get used to it then the rotation will be ingrained in a week.

this is why i enjoy WHM

Take a step through this time portal and I will show you the wonders of Heavensward MCH.

Gauss Barrel? On.
Macro to keep quick reloading between pulls while I brb so ammo doesn't fall out before I can do my opener? On.
Someone's out of MP? Lowering my own DPS by disabling my turret's autoattack with Promote.

Yup, it's game time. Time to blast some gobbies and machines. (unironically miss it)

anyone else notice that it's usually the HW jobs that are riddled with issues

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Originally Posted by WhiteWitch

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I want this gun to be MCH next big fun weapon skill next expansion!

Now now, we don't shame other players' preferences here.

We're masochists but because we have the lowest damage of all classes, period.

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Originally Posted by gamerseb

We're masochists but because we have the lowest damage of all classes, period.

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And that shouldn't even be a thing since MCH has technically been a selfish DPS job for a couple years now. So its damage should be fairly high for a range dps. >:/

Machinist is what I play when I don't feel like worrying about random procs and luck and just want a straightforward rotation. And don't want to blind myself with summoner.

One of the busiest classes, yet has the lowest damage of all. Truly an exercise in futility. Buffs did nothing to fix this.

I wouldn't be opposed to the ammo system making a return. But having raided on it for the past tier with Dancer I tend to enjoy MCH more.

I wonder if what the class would feel like with shorter CDs on AA and Chainsaw - becoming less flexible but harder to optimize and fit heat windows without delaying abilities. So actually getting to fire everything without delays would be a challenge and entail higher damage.

Crit Drills were the gateway drug...

Machinist ... Masochist.

Both starts with 'm' and ends with 'ist'. :)

What did you expect? Even the names are similar. :)



Cheers

Being a MCH main since HW I did some reflection about the balance of the job.

I realized that in the greatest of the gardens, even weeds have a purpose. I suppose as a MCH I am the weed and the reason I am around is to offset the magnificence of the flowers, making all the other jobs looks great.

I guess it is something you either have to embrace or play something else…