MCH v. BRD (Not a top-end comparison)

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I will try to make this simple as much as possible. I'll be leaving so many details out.
You can check these links for Machinist and Bard to see more details on their skills and abilities.

RNG:
- BRD has more RNG than MCH. BRD Gauge relies on crit in order to execute some skills/abilities.
- MCH have better control on procs thanks to ammunition.

Playstyle comparison:
BRD:
- Keep Straight Shot and Dots up. Rotate between songs, try to keep them up most of the time (BRD requires tracking your song duration, skills, and abilities procs).
MCH:
- Keep Hot Shot up and Heat Gauge temperature at 50+. Aim to maximize Wildfire (MCH playstyle requires control over the Heat Gauge and knowledge of the encounter to maximize DPs).

Recovery from Mistakes:
After some changes to MCH, both of them are easy to recover from mistakes.

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- Keep Hot Shot up and Heat Gauge temperature at 50+. Aim to maximize Wildfire (MCH playstyle requires control over the Heat Gauge and knowledge of the encounter to maximize DPs).

While keeping hot shot and heat up are important, they happen mostly automatically through the rotation. I'd say the play style focuses more on precise timing to fit everything into Wildfire than it does maintaining buffs.

Recovering from mistakes is also maybe a little harder for MCH than BRD due to how reliant MCH is on keeping its cooldown timers aligned with Wildfire.

[Yeol]

While keeping hot shot and heat up are important, they happen mostly automatically through the rotation. I'd say the play style focuses more on precise timing to fit everything into Wildfire than it does maintaining buffs.

Recovering from mistakes is also maybe a little harder for MCH than BRD due to how reliant MCH is on keeping its cooldown timers aligned with Wildfire.

This is what I meant by "Aim to maximize Wildfire".

Recovering from mistakes is easier on BRD than MCH. But in the end, they are both easy. Even guides tell you what to do if you overheated by mistake. Not as bad as it used to be.

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Recovery from Mistakes:
After some changes to MCH, both of them are easy to recover from mistakes.

BRD is probably one of the easiest jobs in the game to recover. You put your dots up again and play your next song in your rotation. MCH isn't anywhere near as lucky.