I recommend anything other than Machinist at present.

They are as difficult as monk with no benefits and are actually weaker than Bards. Think of 100% effort just to keep up with Bards, who are also on the lowest end of the DPS scale.

Until we have confirmed SIGNIFICANT buffs do NOT touch machinist. This is my strong and heartfelt feeling, it was a complete disappointment for me to have leveled it.

To be such an advanced class with so many extremely tedious mechanics and have no benefit is a bit disturbing. Machinist needs a lot of buffs before it becomes competitive with even Bard.