Quote Originally Posted by RichardButte View Post
Not sure where you're getting this from...

Compare the role actions of MCH and BRD:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/machinist/
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/bard/

They're identical.

Dismantle lowers a target's damage done by 10% for a whopping 5 seconds. As for a damage buff, I'm not sure what you mean. Hotshot only increases the damage done by the MCH, not the damage taken by the target.

So yeah, the only thing MCH has over BRD is dismantle, as far as I can tell.
MCH gets a 5% vuln debuff that goes on boss the raid benifits from hypercharge. It may be stronger than Foe req considering how fast our mp drains atm.