Quote Originally Posted by remiff View Post
Machinist in 3rd position is a utopia, because he has no mobility constraints, I agree that the mobility tax is much too high, the last hitboxes favor melee too much, but in certain situations it would be totally no brain.

If the machinist, summoner and red mage are 3% behind the melee I would already be satisfied.
Well I mean I think MCH is still more brain than SAM currently. If MCH is going to be behind melee, then MCH needs to have raid damage buffs to support that. Otherwise you'd rather have a better rDPS ranged or just another melee and accept whatever penalty 3 melee would bring and playing MCH feels bad. "Why would I want a MCH when I could just take a NIN for Mug, or MNK for Brotherhood, or RPR for Arcane Circle, or DRG for Battle Litany and Dragon's Eye?"

If MCH is going to have no damage buffs like BLM and SAM, then they need to do damage like a BLM and SAM.