Machinest Further Nerfed PvE?

[Zelda206]

Those were buffs, the falloff was reduced which is a net gain on AOE

I don't doubt what you say, but with the way I'm reading these patch notes, it makes it seem like it reduced its lethality overall "from the first target".
Can you elaborate more in-depth? I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree, evidently.