I picked Machinist because I liked the aesthetic, gun welding, turret deploying tech guru. and when i got my heated abilities the visuals went to 11. but seeing as i am getting close to 70 right now (and kind of stopped seeing the job being played in open world while leveling in stormblood) i started looking though the job forums to see about where the Machinist stacks up. All i am seeing is how it's sub par to everything else. I know still can make up a bit of a gap but it seems like its an uphill battle for the job. i don't mind being in the middle of the DPS pack but i don't want to be picking up the end the entire time. I could level my bard the rest of the way (what i played to unlock machinist), but not looking forward to being a string plucking flute tooter. Just wondering what's people opinion on the class is as it would help me weight the idea of switching jobs even though i just hit level cap on my first job.