Machinist extinction in 4.0?

[EdwinLi]

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I actually find Machinist to be the most mind numbingly easiest Job to play in this game as it is more 123 button focused than the other jobs.

Only time a player would have to go off pushing a 1, 12, or 123 combo is every 30 seconds to refill Lead and Hot shot then back to 123 combo while weaving Reload, Quick reload, Guass Round, Ricochet, and damage buffs. Then slap on Wildfire here and there for extra damage.

MCH is certainly a Weaving Heavy Job but it is also one of the most 123 combo focus jobs in this game compared to other jobs.

The charm I find when playing MCH is the weaving because it is like a Dance. Once you get the feeling for that dance you just naturally weave skills together for a easy flow of attacks step by step. It reach a point that eventually you won't even see the Reload and Quick reload animation as you weave together skills during the 1, 12, and 123 combo.

I actually had a few times when people ask me why I don't load ammo using Reload and Quick reload because they could not see the Reload and Quick Reload animation as I was weaving together skills. Of course I told them I have when I am weaving together attacks and they notice the ammo buff right after.

[Yeol]

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I also find MCH easy and fun because I main it :P but if you ask those who don't main it (As you read from some posts) They find it complicated.
Even if you search about it online you'll find the same results.

It is probably because you go from 2.5 - 1.5 - cast - no cast - instant and stance dancing. I like to keep my hands and mind busy is why I main this job.

[Kahnom]

The charm I find when playing MCH is the weaving because it is like a Dance.

Nice way to put it.
For me,If Monk represents Waltz dance then Mch probably represents Tap dance.

[EdwinLi]

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The Bard and Machinist comparision can partly blamed on how Bard was in 2.0. In 2.0 bard was the most mindless easy class of the game to play as with little to no thought required to play. Of course you could still tell even today which Bard just mindlessly play Bard and those who put thought into their job as bard by if they use their Song or not during certain team setups.

Now Bard requires some thinking into their gameplay since they need to consider the 1.5 second charge for majority of their skills whiel also maintaining their Condition damage.

Machinist suffers less on this with GB on since only 3 skills should be on 1.5 second charge while everything else is still instant cast thus making MCh more mobile than Bard now.

Nice way to put it.
For me,If Monk represents Waltz dance then Mch probably represents Tap dance.

Basically how I would describe it considering if you put together the 123 skills with weave and reload in between it sounds like a step dance.

Though it gets annoying when the dance reach a "1, weave, 1, weave, 1, weave, Quick Reload, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1" phase due to bad luck during Reload Skill cooldown

I want to be like Merlwyb SO BAD.

Think about this now I would have prefered a Gun Mage Job over a Dual Gunner Job or the Machinist. There is just something interesting when you combine Guns and Magic together for a single Job but sadly FF series don't have a Gun Mage Job.

Plenty of Chemical, Tech, and natural Gun Skill Gunner Jobs but no Gun Mage Job yet. FFX-2 Gun Mage does not count since it was just the game's Blue Mage.