Quote Originally Posted by Azurarok View Post
I kinda think that's largely because current MCH has very few fail states or mobility limits compared to any other job in the game, let alone SAM and BLM.

imo it comes down to whether people want its easy rotation to stay or not. A complex rotation for higher personal dps, or more support skills.

WHM and SGE are also in a similar pit.
Haven’t those fail states all but gone for the majority of classes though? I’ve seen the esoteric secrets of 100% instant cast BLM rotations.

I mean, does it really need to be so all-or-nothing? Like couldn’t Machinist have a satisfyingly complex rotation and more (or just any lol) support capabilities? Does a ‘complex rotation’ necessarily need to output mathematically superior dps? To me it wouldn’t really matter what the actual output was as long as it was fun, interesting, and had its own distinct identity other than ‘does what BLM/SAM do but worse but you can jump while attacking’.