I wanted a Gun class that was a ranged single target DPS. A DPS class that could parse comparable to Drg/Nin or even Mnk but not be good with AoEs, or big groups of monsters.

Thought Gunner could be this, Maybe Machinist can but I don't want another job where I have to micromanage a pet after doing it on Summoner. I find little joy in actually using pet moves and I only really use one pet on my Smn.

If the Pet just follows you without an HP bar and is like a second weapon for you more than its own pet. That would be pretty cool and I could probably get behind that. But as of now, I'm gonna stick with Mnk. I knew Nin wasn't gonna do it for me after they merged it with Thief, and I suspect Machinist won't do it for me either.