I can't be the only one excited for machinist?!

[Allyrion]

That's a dumb point. Because the Machinist in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is, you know, very very gun focused.

I get that you don't agree with, or probably just flat out don't like, a character named Barret Wallace being a Machinist, albeit in a game where Machinists use guns and turrets (which are also, you know, guns) to damage and debuff mobs. I totally get it.

I get that you're a Machinist purist, or whatever, and you feel like the name Edgar or Vincent or Mustadio or whoever would tickle your fit better. I do.

And in the context of this thread, as it relates to this specific version of Final Fantasy?

It means absolutely nothing.

I'll see all you Balmungers in Heavensward with my new shiny gun(arm-ament).

Cheers.

Well, it started by saying that Vincent was more like the FFXIV MCH than Barret might be.
Zohar said Barret was more of a Machinist and then said he wasn't talking about the FFXIV version but a pure one.

That's when panda said that if we're going to talk about pure, then it's about Edgar who wasn't gun focused at all.
So the context of the thread changed when Zophar, who was agreeing with you, talked about Barret being closer to MCH beyond FFXIV.

Vincent is not really a MCH at all, but he's a bit more similar to this version.
A bit close conceptually if you take Dirge of Cerberus into account.

Barret does have some similarlties as well though.

[Tsilyi]

but.. but... mustadio ;-;

[m3eansean]

but.. but... mustadio ;-;

Mustadio is the true engineer. We also need a chemist healer class, then I will be satisfied.

[pandabearcat]

Heh, Mustadio was just a dude with a gun though ._.

He didn't have Edgar's TOOL TIME SPECACULAR

[m3eansean]

I believe Mustadio is the first one called Engineer.

Also our engineer is just a dude with a gun in FFXIV (turret drone thrown in for flair).

[pandabearcat]

Yes but maybe we have tool time =( Otherwise he's just a man with a gun.

[Zophar]

I could swear Mustadio was also called "Machinist." Whereas, I really wanna say the first "Engineer" was Cid Pollendina from FFIV.

[melflomil]

They can also set traps on the boss

[pandabearcat]

Nooo I am going to stop you from rolling the new class, by any means necessary!

[IceSpear]

Are you guys really fighting about a simple name? XD I thought this was a thread for excited future machinists! :P