Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[prophecy4seen]

Currently 55. so im missing a few skills. but i must say, the class feels incredibly weak compared to its other ranged counterpart. at level 55 im not doing the dmg i was doing at lvl 50 as a brd. its pretty depressing. and from what im seeing the xtra abilities are far from impressive. I hope someone can tell me im doing it wrong or something cause if not, this class is incredibly weak in a parse

[SovereignAegis]

Currently 55. so im missing a few skills. but i must say, the class feels incredibly weak compared to its other ranged counterpart. at level 55 im not doing the dmg i was doing at lvl 50 as a brd. its pretty depressing. and from what im seeing the xtra abilities are far from impressive. I hope someone can tell me im doing it wrong or something cause if not, this class is incredibly weak in a parse

You're not doing anything wrong, that is literally what I noticed at level 50 so I just dropped the class.

Unless the dev team decides to buff it in MANY aspects it will never be competitive with Bard and will always lose raid group spots to bard because bard at present does outshine it.

I want to love this class so much, but being denied access into raids because you're a machinist is exactly what I would face.

[Finalflash]

Yeah, I've noticed that aswell... I'm currently at lvl 56 with full 133 gear. The class really feels weak when compared to other dps classes.
Also, I don't get it... Why can't they just make it so that your single-target turret actually FOLLOWS you instead of having you redeploying it after every single pack? Pain in the butt to be honest.

[Sovereign]

Yeah, the class is painfully weak right now. My BLM does substantially more damage and is much, much, much easier to play. I can't imagine a single situation in which I would take a MCH over a BRD.

The class has some interesting ideas behind it, but it's just a train-wreck in terms of execution. It also needs a massive buff to even be competitive.

[SovereignAegis]

Yeah, I've noticed that aswell... I'm currently at lvl 56 with full 133 gear. The class really feels weak when compared to other dps classes.
Also, I don't get it... Why can't they just make it so that your single-target turret actually FOLLOWS you instead of having you redeploying it after every single pack? Pain in the butt to be honest.

Mon dieu, I would love that QoL buff of the turret following and us being able to place where it goes just like summoner/scholar.

That would be a HUGE improvement.