All the machinist stuff when I saw it struck me as "like samurai - but worse!" But they still haven't fixed wildfire, flamer, rook turret/queen, autocrossbow...

Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out why the whole idea of phys ranged as a concept even exists at this point. If not for the 1% buff and limit break generation, I don't know what else it really brings that makes it worth bringing. Throughout a lot of Endwalker I sort of felt like as a machinist I just existed in raids to tick off a box. I just don't see that changing in Dawntrail, and it's a little sad to me.