Lock and Load: The Reassembled Machinist Guide

[RiceisNice]

Stun or Silence
Heavy or Bind
Reduce physical damage or reduce magical damage
Increase physical damage or increase magical damage


It's the adaptability of a MCH over a BRD that I find more interesting and appealing, even if only one of those two options can be used at a time. Whilst the effects might not be strong on their own, as a package it's pretty reasonable and balanced.

Half of those things don't work in a raid/dungeon/diadem setting though, and the other half works on such a small value it doesn't necessarily amount to an edge over BRD (and if it does, then that becomes another problem). It's different, but that's about it when it comes to comparing to the two, how they play and what they provide. It falls back to me preferring that they had homogenized their role and what they can do for the party, not how they play or how they do the former.