Quote Originally Posted by IdowhatIwant View Post
Why? It could easily be a pure DPS if they would allow it. I think it would actually fit well as you have more support oriented DPS in every role and more selfish DPS in every role. Why can't the physical ranged have a selfish role?
I agree Physical-ranged's mystical movement tax is no longer required in current fight design which'd perhaps mean that it can be buffed to just be a stronger job. However, MCH also remains as simply designed as it is, and is subsequently woefully lacking in any meaningful optimisation that'd give it a higher skill ceiling. Since jobs are now designed the way they are, there is no use trying to make MCH a pure dps if it's not going to be given the functionality to do so, or the complexity to warrant buffing beyond a certain point. It's quite clear by now that this isn't on the cards. Call it a compromise. If our entire point is to be the epitome of freedom, then surely we could provide use in other ways rather than being a burden to overall raid dps? People would moan if we were too strong since it is a simple job to learn (and master, honestly) and if we had that simplicity and yet statistically overtook jobs with higher optimisation ceilings, whether that's due to gauge management, movement optimisation, rotational adjustment or combinations of those... surely you see the problem.

I'd be all for a design overhaul, a rework or whatever, but it seems clear that this isn't something that's going to happen if jobs are only getting made simpler collectively.

Let's not forget that we're also anti-synergistic in that we have two charges of Reassemble that functionally have the same issue that SAM sadly got slapped with, and Wildfire can't crit. Everything works against this concept of being a pure DPS, unfortunately.

Quote Originally Posted by Pidgeon View Post
(Also how has Flamethrower still not been buffed?)
It should be removed or repurposed entirely, not buffed. There's no reason to have a skill that counters the entire point of the job, and channelled abilities are not fun to use.