Quote Originally Posted by Meui View Post
I can't vouch for Machinist yet, but I'd like to remind a few that it shouldn't be compared to a melee job like Ninja or Dragoon. As a melee (and DRG being more or less pure damage), they're entitled to have higher potentcies on their attacks.They aren't categorized as "support DPS" and being melee forces them to disengage the enemies more often than a ranged job.
Aye, I agree.

However it cannot be outright ignored. But for the most part I am comparing them directly to Bard who is currently displacing them from static raid groups outright.