Is Blm gonna be the only accepted range option now? :(

[Dogempire]

Actually. You need to have a physical ranged to get the full 5% .
MCH DPS is fine honestly. I was in a es2 and the mch
Was only 1k behind me.
The better question is, will blm be the only accepted magical range?
Because I haven't seen any rdm in Savage and hardly smn.
Only BLM.

At the moment machinist is the 3rd lowest in terms of rdps just above dancer and red mage, both of which are in need of buffs, compared to it being 3rd or 4th in rdps at the beginning of shadowbringers, and considering it's a selfish dps, no, the dps is not fine.

Also your personal anecdotes don't invalidate the obvious need for buffs other classes have. A good machinist should be able to compete with a good samurai, they're both selfish dps, the only difference being that one has almost 100% uptime while the other might lose 3-4% uptime due to mechanics.