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    CosmicKirby's Avatar
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    Lulumia Lumia
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Machinist Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by DRHaymaker View Post
    They dropped the (musket) ball on MCH. Their class "support skills" are really no different than any other DPS with a group CD. Even Dismantle is terrible as all three tanks can do the exact same thing on a shorter CD with Reprisal. Unless you really enjoy the play style, there's no reason in playing one.
    Correction: Reprisal and Dismantle have the same cooldown. They are LITERALLY the same exact skill in all aspects, just under a different name. (Effect/duration/cooldown)

    MCH's has nothing 'nice' when compared to any other job.

    Their turrets became no more complex with Stormblood because they removed Promote from them, something that gave them at least SOME complexity in a minor way, (their auras worked slightly different from BRD songs). Further, part of their DPS 'budget' is wasted on the turret, meaning their best feedback loop of BIG damage from wildfires is gimped, because for some UNGODLY reason neither the turret nor their biggest potency ability Overdrive contributes to wildfire.
    How does Square think this is acceptable? What if RDM's Embolden had no effect on their rotation, 'just because'? Or if Blood for Blood had no effect on DRG's jumps? It doesn't feel good and is a core reason why their dps is below the curve.

    There's nothing interesting or interactive with turrets at all right now. The only 'option' to mix up turret use is to blow them up to benefit from the Vuln up, a practice which is only BARELY a dps gain and comes with all the same problems of dragon kick. Meaning most players won't bother to use it, or worse, use it ineffectively and hurt their own dps.

    The MACHINE, in Machinist, is boring. This is a HUGE problem Square, what are you thinking? I'd be far more happy with a Gunslinger type of class, because the job barely uses gadgets at all, and the ones they do have are boring and or horrible.
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    Last edited by CosmicKirby; 07-31-2017 at 07:50 AM.