Why do the devs hate MCH so much?

[Arrius]

The sad truth is that you at your very best as a MCH are as good as an average samurai or blackmage or in fact every other melee. So it is no wonder why nobody picks this job and people get even kicked out of groups for playing MCH. Cause even if you play like a god you can't beat a average player of the melee jobs and for them people rather take a dancer with them to increase their damage.

I beg to differ - I crank out good numbers and remain on the Top 2 DPS in my party when it comes to Aglaia/Abyssos runs. The 'average player' is not as good as you think.

Every job can finish all content. The 'average' folks are just seeing numbers on logs and start metaslaving when it comes to savage/ultimate, thinking themselves better because they play the 'better' job (Dunning–Kruger says hello) - As it always happens in MMO's.

Could the Machnist do better? Sure, there is some room to improve.

But to go all doom and gloom and just go all crazy like SAM's Kaiten change is just silly.