Inevitable Job Simplifications?

[Valence]

They fixed the 1-2-3 not always triggering (which was kinda dumb)

Are you for real? What was there even to fix?? That's the whole point of proc based jobs! Do you want to fix bard and dancer, or especially RDM that stole most of the design too while you're at it?

but I disagree they stripped its identity. Though I still miss the Reload and Quick Reload animations (I feel those are what they should use for stuff like Rassemble and love how they always made me think of Outlaw Star and Jean Starwind's Caster gun), the rest of the kit is still there. The 1-2-3 combo, the oGCD attacks, Wildfire, sprayandpray machine gun cone AOE (now with added Shotgun awesomeness at high levels - the single most fun ability in the game to me to press aside from possibly Double Down; pity it isn't used in single target fights...), and an automaton you can call for additional help (I just wish they were still more persistent, but I get the Devs are just moving away from persistent pets in general...and am honestly surprised SCH Faeries still exist given how hard the Devs have been moving that direction...)

So I DON'T agree they stripped MCH of what it was to be a MCH.

I am not speaking how MCH looks. It looks good. I'm speaking about how it feels MECHANICALLY.

1) It used to be a tight, high octane burst based job that lined up everything in it. It was about 40-45% of its total damage crammed into that burst window. The damage spike for the current burst is pitiful in comparison
2) It used to be proc based with actual patterns and priorities to think about, and ammo to use properly to prepare your bursts, it is not anymore.
3) It used to be a balancing act (heat), it's not anymore.
4) It used to provide party buffs like a rphys, it doesn't anymore.
5) WF used to compile everything inside, which offered a way more satisfying burst and skill expression that just the same GCD spammed 5 times.