Quote Originally Posted by LittleArrow View Post
People aren't refusing MCH b/c people 'think' MCH are bad from reading forums / reddit. A majority of players in game don't even come to the forums let alone reddit. They're forming this opinion because of past experiences. You may not feel like MCH is underpowered, but the more I hear from people in game, the more I hear, "Yeah I had MCH in a group, the whole run went slower," "Whenever I dps with a mch I'm pretty much soloing," "We had mch and brds in my party and couldn't meet DPS checks."

That last one is iffy, b/c that could've just been a bad group, but I'm hearing these comments more consistently as people party at 60.
I've done Bismarck EX with my static. Although we haven't cleared it yet, we are meeting DPS checks with killing the chitin in one phase and phase 2 adds. That's not to say that my numbers are far below the DRG, MNK and SMN in the party though...