Please consider changing Gauss Barrel/Wanderer's Minuet

[TessaJalloh]

It completely destroyed everything I loved about playing bard/machinist. The freedom to be mobile was what made ranged jobs for me in FFXIV.

It feels so clunky the way it works now.

I know there's a lot of negative feedback going around these forums about Machinist and Bard. I'm not asking for a buff for it, but please just consider bringing back the flavour to what made Bard (and now machinist) so unique. Losing the mobility has completely ruined the job for me.

i'd also note, that after testing, my FC has determined that the damage is worse overall with gauss barrel on with mch. It's better to fight normally and only put the barrel on for gauss round and then take it back off again. It seems a massive waste, and hasn't been properly tested for usability really.

[Obysuca]

only put the barrel on for gauss round and then take it back off again.

Tbh, ricochet can do some nice damage, even single target since it'll hit it twice. Fully buffed, I've been hitting around 4.3k ricochets on bosses.

I'm not saying mch is the best damage ever, I just feel from my own experience using it, that a lot of people just want to pew pew and not use half their abilities and expect to hit harder than all the other jobs. Tbh, the last few expert runs I've done, paired up with either nins, blms or mnks, if I buff myself and use other abilities, I've been killing much quicker than either of those 3. Certain adds that take the other jobs a good ~10 seconds to kill, I've 1 shotted with ricochet. Last boss of fractal? I killed 3/4 of the adds before the nin did. It's all about using what you're given and not expecting to do amazing damage by hitting 123

[TessaJalloh]

Tbh, ricochet can do some nice damage, even single target since it'll hit it twice. Fully buffed, I've been hitting around 4.3k ricochets on bosses

Forgot about Ricochet, don't really know how it works either since i'm not MCH myself and was just going with what was presented to me after FC members tested their damage both with and without gauss barrel over a set period.
thank you for the clarification though.

[Obysuca]

Forgot about Ricochet, don't really know how it works either since i'm not MCH myself and was just going with what was presented to me after FC members tested their damage both with and without gauss barrel over a set period.
thank you for the clarification though.

Yeah, from what I noticed, it seems to hit everything around it twice, which is pretty nice. Unbuffed with 4+ enemies, it hits for 500-800 a hit (twice) on everything, but it's got a minute cooldown :/