Quote Originally Posted by aiqa View Post
That would hold up if MCH was always lower at top or 95th percentile rDPS. But at least at the moment it is not. At half the current tier MCH top rDPS is shared best in the rphys role, and highest at 95th percentile in 3/4.

And even if we ignore current tier. It's not a clear argument for why MCH needs to perform better. The dependance on other players is an indirect job difficulty, which MCH doesn't have. And that added difficulty should be rewarded, not penalized.
I'd wait for the next tier before judging. Being ahead in Savage during odd patches doesn't mean much, especially since the job has nothing to do in downtime and relies heavily on fight design to function in odd-patch Ultimates. Machinist was ahead of Dancer in Savage during 7.1, but it still had a terrible time in FRU. After that, it arguably had its worst fight since the rework, which was M6S. The fact of the matter is that MCH was a bad pick for both tiers and the Ultimate. Being decent for just 1/3 of an expansion means the job is being neglected. This is Endwalker all over again.