Gauss Barrel looks

[Slirith]

Anyone else playing MCH think Gauss Barrel is obnoxiously big and doesn't really match any of the weapons? Looks like something thrown together from a metal bin and slapped onto our gun(close enough quest wise If I remember right). Come on SE, couldn't you have made it smaller or subtle?

[Sylve]

Anyone else playing MCH think Gauss Barrel is obnoxiously big and doesn't really match any of the weapons? Looks like something thrown together from a metal bin and slapped onto our gun(close enough quest wise If I remember right). Come on SE, couldn't you have made it smaller or subtle?

No, I happen to like my magnetically attached rotating, glowing Gauss Barrel. It's not intended to match the Guns model, its attachment. Its not actually part of the weapon itself. Why should it match? If it did, they'd have to make a Barrel model for literally every gun in the game. Thats a lot of work.

Its fine as it is. Its supposed to be visible and different.

[Alberel]

No, I happen to like my magnetically attached rotating, glowing Gauss Barrel. It's not intended to match the Guns model, its attachment. Its not actually part of the weapon itself. Why should it match? If it did, they'd have to make a Barrel model for literally every gun in the game. Thats a lot of work.

Its fine as it is. Its supposed to be visible and different.

Based on early concept art for the guns the original intent actually was for every weapon to have a unique attachment. You can see the primal weapon designs each had special primal themed attachments too.

Honestly my biggest issue is that Gauss Barrel is the only attachment MCH gets. In early descriptions of the job they made reference to multiple attachments that MCHs could switch between. Having just the one barrel feels like an unfinished mechanic in my opinion.

[Magis]

So since these are Gauss barrels, did Carl Friedrich Gauss live in Eorzea?

[Waliel]

Honestly my biggest issue is that Gauss Barrel is the only attachment MCH gets. In early descriptions of the job they made reference to multiple attachments that MCHs could switch between. Having just the one barrel feels like an unfinished mechanic in my opinion.

They scrapped that idea altogether.