Current Job Population?

[EdwinLi]

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Ya Machinist was hyped by people to be the Job people thought would replace Bard but of course it was just all hype after all.

I main Machinist for my character because the gameplay of Machinist just flows very well once you gotten use to knowing when to use Rapid Fire and Reload/Quick Reload to the point that most of the time with GB on the only skill with cast bar would be only Slug Shot, Hot Shot, and lead Shot with all other skills being instant cast.

Of course I'm probably one of the few players in FF14 that actually enjoy Machinist gameplay style.

I enjoyed Machinist enough to actually switch from maining Bard to Machinist.

Bard is nice but if a player can't time their Iron Jaws right, either too soon or too late, they will end up having difficult keeping their DPS at a steady output. As much people constantly say "Bard does more DPS than Machinist because "this damage calculator or person" says so" this is more of a opinion based on a person who actually properly gotten use to Bard gameplay to time things properly for maximum DPS output but a person who have not gotten use to timing Iron Jaws may end up perfroming less DPS than a player that has mastered the Job's gameplay style. There is also the consideration if a person is more use to Bard gameplay style or Machinist's gameplay style because that is often a very important factor into a person performing better as a Bard or Machinist.