[Machinist] What is going on?

[jrollins89]

"When balancing jobs, each job’s base damage numbers at the applicable item level are adjusted with respect to the difficulty of playing that particular job and its rotation, as well as its support actions and their effects."

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...340b373870140b

Well, there you have it. You are playing the weakest job by design. Abandon ship or don't. Either way, it's very clear Yoshida has no intention of making this job serve any purpose whatsoever besides being a "beginner job". I'm out.

[Kachou_]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...340b373870140b
Intended worst job. Play something else. Don't be Harold The Garbage Goober

[Avoidy]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...340b373870140b

Well, there you have it. You are playing the weakest job by design. Abandon ship or don't. Either way, it's very clear Yoshida has no intention of making this job serve any purpose whatsoever besides being a "beginner job". I'm out.

That's a genuine surprise considering SAM is a top damage dealer right now but requires about as much thought nowadays as MCH does now that they've bimbofied it into the easiest melee job. I'm done trying to infer what these people are thinking; their thoughts on balance seem inconsistent and contradictory.