Quote Originally Posted by RiceisNice View Post
This would only be true for progression. Once its regular or farming content (or really dungeon content), having lower dps by default end up being cumbersome.

And even then, BRD's tp/mp regen is more controlled when it comes to burst or spur of a moment (healer died or ressing), while machinist's is tied to their dps cooldown (hypercharge) which eats away at their overall output if they dont use it on cooldown in favor of saving it for such moments.
Not completely, Promotion can still be used for TP/MP Regen without Hypercharge. However, yea it's a weakened form and MCH will still probably never get picked for a Raid over a BRD, and let's be honest since BRD has been around since 2.0 there are no shortage of them.