Strongest Job Lorewise?

[Causality]

Surely Machinist would be the weakest, since it doesn't require strength to fire a gun?

Clearly someone has never fired a gun or knows about recoil.

[CosmicKirby]

Clearly someone has never fired a gun or knows about recoil.

Much less seen the size of the bore on MCH guns. Even the lalafell MCHs are firing unreasonably large calibers with little effort. But hey, most of the martial stuff in this game makes no physical sense.

[EdwinLi]

Much less seen the size of the bore on MCH guns. Even the lalafell MCHs are firing unreasonably large calibers with little effort. But hey, most of the martial stuff in this game makes no physical sense.

Could be the design of the gun having less recoil.

We don't know the extent of the gun technology in Eorzea only that Eorzea Gun technology began with Blacksmithing in Limsa Lominsa and since then advanced over time.

Machinist also have access to unique ammo due to their Aether pack they carry around. Something about the Aether Pack being adjusted to manipulate Aether so it can generate the Machinist's Drones and Ammo providing them unlimited supplies. So what kind of ammo the Aether Pack creates may also factor into the low recoil.

Not to mention the ammo on the Aether Pack looks like shotgun shells.

[CosmicKirby]

Could be the design of the gun having less recoil.

We don't know the extent of the gun technology in Eorzea only that Eorzea Gun technology began with Blacksmithing in Limsa Lominsa and since then advanced over time.

Machinist also have access to unique ammo due to their Aether pack they carry around. Something about the Aether Pack being adjusted to manipulate Aether so it can generate the Machinist's Drones and Ammo providing them unlimited supplies. So what kind of ammo the Aether Pack creates may also factor into the low recoil.

Much like magitek, it's probably more magic than machinery.

Blacksmiths don't make complicated systems of rollers, slides, and springs that would actually reduce physical recoil. That'd require precise machinery-designed parts.

[Daralii]

Could be the design of the gun having less recoil.

We don't know the extent of the gun technology in Eorzea only that Eorzea Gun technology began with Blacksmithing in Limsa Lominsa and since then advanced over time.

Machinist also have access to unique ammo due to their Aether pack they carry around. Something about the Aether Pack being adjusted to manipulate Aether so it can generate the Machinist's Drones and Ammo providing them unlimited supplies. So what kind of ammo the Aether Pack creates may also factor into the low recoil.

Not to mention the ammo on the Aether Pack looks like shotgun shells.

You can see the ammo pretty clearly in the skill icons. The shape's similar to modern bullets.