Quote Originally Posted by Ephier View Post
It does due to scaling.

Tentative Stat Weights (3.01)
w/o GB
WD - 9.172

w/ GB
WD - 10.71

For every weapon damage you get GB gets stronger.
I don't see why this would be such a big difference? For bards at least,

W/O WM
WD: 11.364

W/ WM
WD: 11.602.

It's only a 0.3 difference. Why would there be a whole 1.6 difference for a Machinist? Makes no sense in my head, unless there's something I'm severely missing and/or forgetting about the Machinist?