MCH worth my time?

[Crimsonumbra]

The problem comes when his opinion gets him kicked from parties because "Machinist DPS sucks".

This is my main concern. Which is why I am wondering what dps classes are good and always wanted in groups/raids.

[Snugglebutt]

Melee DPS and Mage DPS are both in good positions right now, physical ranged DPS aka bard and machinist are currently not in a very good position due to SE design choices and suffering because of it in group content.

We can only hope SE fixes the issues with them but doubt will resolve it any time soon. You will be fine for most content that have no major DPS checks at 60 on bard or machinist but might suffer insults and getting kicked of blocked from hard content at 60 sometimes which requires high DPS checks like EX mode trials. You may get lucky however and only meet friendly nice people willing to accommodate your lower DPS but just be prepared for the potential of coming into contact with nasty ones and bad experiences until they are fixed when taking part for the most part in EX trials (maybe alexander too when comes out).

The major problem content is EX mode trials in HW, all dungeons and non EX mode content in HW you should be fine on either though. Not sure what will happen with alexander raid but I am expecting to be as bad for bards and machinists as the current EX trials are in HW in terms of belittling of your class by others and kicking from groups just because of the class you play. This last part is an assumption though about the difficulty of alexander and depending on the difficulty and DPS output required reflected in that possible outcome.

I play as a bard main and in almost all content so far in HW you wont have any major problems except in EX modes where you may be picked on, insulted or kicked just because of your class. Though even in the non EX group content be prepared to have lower overall DPS than most other classes quite often, exceptions possible when take into account other players may not be as good at their jobs but if they are good you will often be lower on the DPS chain as bard or machinist even if your good too.