Is MCH really that bad?

[Shhikasan]

a takes a considerable amount of effort to just to peak some of the higher parses out there(might as well be playing a monk or goon at this point for the amount of effort it takes which im considering myself since i have the hive gun and sitting at 180ilvl with 10 extra totems). where warrior hits 1k pretty easily, dark does about 900, smn/blm above 1k smn seems to be pretty strong right now for ravana ex, MNK/NIN/DRG are high 1.1-1.2k area.

just get ready to see people stacking smn and melee basically if a mp/tp regen isn't needed they will do it without a mch and brd

[FreyrPrime]

just get ready to see people stacking smn and melee basically if a mp/tp regen isn't needed they will do it without a mch and brd

A quick aside. I don't see TP regen being sidelined, unless fights in Alexander are considerably shorter than what we saw in Coil or have tons of down time. Melee BLEED TP right now, and with the exception of MNK didn't gain another way to get it back.

[Tharian]

A quick aside. I don't see TP regen being sidelined, unless fights in Alexander are considerably shorter than what we saw in Coil or have tons of down time. Melee BLEED TP right now, and with the exception of MNK didn't gain another way to get it back.

So, if Ranged Combat is something that a person enjoys, am I understanding it correctly that Bard would just be the better class to play all around at the moment, or should I be considering playing Machinist and Bard Simultaneously, just on the off chance that they provide a buff to Machinist; seeing that Machinist and Bard share their Gear aside from their weapons?

Or should I be considering just going ahead and playing Machinist if that is what I truly enjoy playing? Which it is.