Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[Elizabeth]

well RiP stance dancing. Doesn't work anymore as of todays hotfix patch.

FULL TIME GB GUYS

[Shhikasan]

FULL TIME GB GUYS

Ya its not gonna happen for me Still fights require a heavy amount of movement and having gb just eats that dps away.

[RiceisNice]

Full time GB has given me a dps loss of anywhere from 20-30 compared to what I was doing in my video. Right now the damage bonus from gauss is way too low to ever justify keeping it on beyond the initial burst, especially in current content.

[Ephier]

Full time GB has given me a dps loss of anywhere from 20-30 compared to what I was doing in my video. Right now the damage bonus from gauss is way too low to ever justify keeping it on beyond the initial burst, especially in current content.

Agreed. Gauss might be able to do more damage on a dummy, but once movement is introduced you either need to be lucky with procs or spamming feint while you run. I really hope they fix the damage.

[Shhikasan]

brds just got an official response from dev in the Japanese forums about their dps

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._bards_minuet/
for english version

MCH WHEN AND WHERE?

but seriously if they don't say anything in the next day or so I'm gonna go full blown switching to another class or just stop playing really I just wanted one class to 60 and start on gathering and crafting now I can't even do that right now cause i have to slowly level alts.

[IfritReborn]

Also a bit about waiting for player feedback from Alexander before committing any further changes

Lol I laughed. Because current feedback is not enough? Players abandoning the class left and right and barring MCH and BRDs from parties is not enough feedback? Good laugh for the morning

[Elizabeth]

brds just got an official response from dev in the Japanese forums about their dps

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._bards_minuet/
for english version

MCH WHEN AND WHERE?

but seriously if they don't say anything in the next day or so I'm gonna go full blown switching to another class or just stop playing really I just wanted one class to 60 and start on gathering and crafting now I can't even do that right now cause i have to slowly level alts.

Calm down guys. I hope that MCH will receive the same attention as BRD. Basically, if MCH can't move as a BRD, so increase it's dmg.

[Kasmiya]

If they make changes to BRD and don't do anything for MCH I will truly be upset. *sigh* Not looking forward to keeping GB on either but regardless I'm still turning it off during high movement lol.

[Ephier]

Lol I laughed. Because current feedback is not enough? Players abandoning the class left and right and barring MCH and BRDs from parties is not enough feedback? Good laugh for the morning

He is saying thats all they are going to fix for now, and then going to see what players say about it during Alexander.

[Odowla]

They have to.

Machinist holds the same raid slot as a Bard.

If one is /vastly/ superior to the other, the other just simply is not viable. AT ALL.

So in order to balance MCH/BRD, they need to do comparable damage (one CAN be better than the other slightly, ofc), with comparable raid utility. They currently have both - with the problem being that their abilities post 50 are kind of just.. not good enough to warrant taking away their assets. (believe it or not, safe, mobile damage IS utility in a raid setting.)

tl;dr buffing brd = mch buffs