Machinist needs help.

[ReiganCross]

Utility: But you have utility! Remember that, if your party has at least one ranged, everyone gets... A 1% buff to all their primary stats! (This applies to all roles, Tank, Healer, Ranged, Caster, Melee)
Yes, it's crap, it basically forces every 8 man comps to have a ranged on the team for the purpose of min-maxing, so all roles are played. Ranged dps is fine, it won't die if it doesn't gets a buff. But it deserves a buff or more utility.
This forum has been full of complaint about those point since ShB release but all we got from SQEX is that they didn't knew what to do about BRD and that they are satisfied with balance.

I was talking more about how Dancer gets to choose someone to buff for the entire fight while also having buff windows for the whole raid. Or how Bard existing in your party means you're slightly stronger according to his music. MCH is a selfish DPS, like SAM and BLM, he doesn't help anyone aside from tossing his Tactician role actions and other ranged DPS role actions, he should deal damage like a selfish DPS OR buff the people around him like he's not. He's already stronger in personal damage than BRD and DNC, I'll give you that, but that's not where his bar should be.

So if he's not going to be a high-class personal damage machine, why not allow him some for of party or raid utility? Maybe increase everyone's damage while the Queen is out. Maybe allow him to put party-wide shields on the regular and work as an off-healer. Have him be able to constantly debuff the boss with an assortment of damage-down tricks so he works as a healer's best friend and boss softener. I don't know, something to match BRD and DNC's identity of being useful to the party aside from just dealing damage to the big bad. The class's whole deal is dealing a lot of damage and it's doing that while being assigned on the position of "Easiest, therefore weaker." So at least allow him to be more than that!