4.0 MCH is Weak

[Polushka]

Flamethrower doesnt cancel randomly...it only cancels if you move or turn you character...means no right click while FT is on...this sucks

[Ephier]

Flamethrower doesnt cancel randomly...it only cancels if you move or turn you character...means no right click while FT is on...this sucks

It does randomly cancel. I play on legacy, so I don't have that right click issue. But someone was explaining to me, that if the targeted mob moves while you are using FT it will cancel. I'm not sure if they are still checking it out or not. Its not something that happens so often that it annoys me. I've seen it maybe 3 times. First time I blamed myself. Second time was like okay. Third time was like somethings up with that.

[Caitlyn]

Square-Enix broke Maschinist. Again. It happened with 3.0 and its happening with 4.0 again.

First of all, MCH feels much weaker than before. It starts by removing about half of my skills from Heavensward. I m not 70 yet, but playing MCH feels like shooting with blank ammunition. But lets get deeper.

1. The old MCH was nearly perfect (except that ugly GB). You have to cast, but you re still very agile, because of your ammunition, procs and off-GCDs. MCH was MEANT to be some kind of "half-caster". Nothing wrong with that. You have ONE Buff, ONE DoT and your procs. And that was ok. I dont know ANY MCH who complained about the cast-times. Removing it, was a bad idea.

2. The new MCH doesnt make ANY sense. 3 Ammunition instead of 5. Did MCH forgot how to get 5 bullets? Are the new Stormblood-Guns smaller? Additionally, they can all OVERHEAT now! WTF? Whats happening??? Some new skills are so dumb. You can create holographic screens, but its called "Barrel Stabelizer"... ??? Your heated skills are like "lets summon 8 oversized bullets in mid air" and "look, I got two laser satelites now". Sure, it looks fancy, but its still dumb. Oh, and Wildfire is also reduced to 10 seconds. And to get into Heated or even Overheat is very hard, especially when you try to use your ammunition for better combos. Quick-Reload decrease your Heat by 10. Thats great >: (

3. With all nerfs and the removal of your most important skills, MCH become the weakest DPS-class ever. Even Bards got a higher burst than the MCH. How ironic, because MCH was meant to be "more DPS, less utility". But the reality is: less DPS, less utility.

In fact, I m happy not to raid with Stormblood. I m totally useless right now. I guess it will take 2 more patches, until MCH will be usefull again. Thank you Square-Enix, you totally broke my main job! If you re planing to change the jobs again, you better ask other players or at least PLAY THE JOB BY YOURSELF FIRST!