Why is Machinist DPS SOOOO BAD?

[Mindiori]

Those ahead of my Machinist who can play the job well find themselves in the ballpark of 10% less. Someone has to be last.

A few tweaks fine. But lets not pretend a little challenge compared to the braindead 1234 of every other job, and thus a slightly lower metric, requires another huge overhaul. Game is boring enough as it is. Overall output could be tuned with the most minor potency adjustments and people optimising their gameplay. From a non-direct comparison to other classes, people on server linkshells seem to find their dps fine; and as I level, so do I.

[Elnidfse]

Those ahead of my Machinist who can play the job well find themselves in the ballpark of 10% less. Someone has to be last.

A few tweaks fine. But lets not pretend a little challenge compared to the braindead 1234 of every other job, and thus a slightly lower metric, requires another huge overhaul. .

1) Being last place is fine. Being below your sister job when played at equal levels of skill is not okay when BRD also brings more utility.
2) Thinking that this is an argument established by people who haven't mastered their gameplan is incorrect.
And to that argument
3) Nobody is asking for an overhaul. They're asking for tweaks. And "minor potency" adjustments aren't going to close the currently existing gap between us and BRD.