Analysis and ideas for Machinist

[MerlinCross]

I have my own opinions on SHB+ MCH mains suggestions, and so far I’ve remained unconvinced. Including you OP no hard feelings but all your suggestions just seem more on adding more fat or bloat to MCH than streamlining and enhancing it I mean 4 stacks of gadget skills is remedial except the BS buff suggestions that’s a hot take and MCH needs a buff skill to add some structure sure, now that WF went all GCD on us it kinda lacks that. But you did say you just wanna add adjustments which MCH doesn’t need a band aid fix it needs to reevaluate its purpose compared to pure DPS and ranged support and I’m mostly confident MCH will persist being a wet blanket under these overexaggerations of its flow or whatever vague compliments people give it

Honestly, my suggestions are trying to give people what they want which seems to be "OH LOOK THE COOL THING" (COUGH, Edgar/Piloted Queen) without just shoving it in and calling it a day or just cloning something else(Like Red Mage's Melee). I'm also going off the idea that, from a dev side of things, they won't just completely rework it. Not in the middle of an expansion, so quick hodgepodge fixes are what I'm trying to limit myself here with. Personally, I hate it, but I'm trying to figure something out that isn't just Melee Chainsaw(Because why not) or just making Queen into Magitek Armor phase.

My own take would be axe a lot of what we have, and to go back to the Heavensward days, maybe even Stormblood but the likely hood of that happening is quite low and probably unpopular by the community at large.

-Wildfire will forever be a pain in one form or another
-Flamethrower is useless these days it wasn't good in Stormblood but it had a goal clunky as it was
-Battery feels like a dead end considering all you spend it on is a glorifed DoT with weird targeting.
-Overheat just doesn't feel good to actually proc and you have to try and keep it lined up with your buffs and Wildfire.
-To me it's not rewarding just to have another Spam oGCD phase for that.

I'm sorry if you think me complaining about it's flow is an overexaggerating, but what do you want me to say besides "Everytime I try to level the job, it feels wrong and doesn't feel as rewarding to play as SAM or DRG, and the only upgrades I'm seeing ahead of me do little to nothing to fix that problem".

My MCH sit at 70. I don't like how it feels to play. Can you tell me what will change from here to 90?

[Jirah]

My MCH sit at 70. I don't like how it feels to play. Can you tell me what will change from here to 90?

to be blunt, nothing. in fact MCH doesnt change much after the 50 mark. Bioblaster is just a gcd aoe that shares CD to Drill, Air anchor evolves from Hot shot so no difference besides visual and potency, Queen does nothing new from Rook besides additional attacks outside of the players control, Shotgun evolves from spread shot and only difference is it gives u 5 more heat, another charge of reassemble, Tact cooldown is reduced to 90, Crown colider adds another attack to Queen but u have zero control over so its moot, and Chainsaw...another GCD like Drill and bio and air anchor so youll be doing the same thing you have been doing

also i was disagreeing with the original poster and the people that you were replying to when I said "bad suggestions"

[MerlinCross]

to be blunt, nothing. in fact MCH doesnt change much after the 50 mark. Bioblaster is just a gcd aoe that shares CD to Drill, Air anchor evolves from Hot shot so no difference besides visual and potency, Queen does nothing new from Rook besides additional attacks outside of the players control, Shotgun evolves from spread shot and only difference is it gives u 5 more heat, another charge of reassemble, Tact cooldown is reduced to 90, Crown colider adds another attack to Queen but u have zero control over so its moot, and Chainsaw...another GCD like Drill and bio and air anchor so youll be doing the same thing you have been doing

also i was disagreeing with the original poster and the people that you were replying to when I said "bad suggestions"

Ah sorry about that. Hard to keep track of thugs at times.

MCH is starting to be like DRK just all over different topic threads.