Quote Originally Posted by Seabhacgra View Post
So while I like the theoretical debates and chats .. back to the subject of my original posting.. I have fun with BOTH RDM and Machinist.. BOTH do comparable damage... and I have BOTH geared at 460+... so given all is the same.. which would you rather see with your group in a dungeon or raid and why? thanks!
considering you're asking i assume "fun" isn't a factor here, as in both are fun to you before someone quotes me to tell me i should let people play what makes them happy, so with that being said

dungeon ? whatever. things die too fast and are to easy in general, maybe giving it slightly to redmage here as that one could get up the healer if something goes awry, but realistically its dungeon content and way too easy with ilvl 460+ anyways.

raid ? mch as most groups will want to get the 1% buff (even though mathematically you would deal around the same group dps taking an equal smn/blm combo compared to 1 caster+mch) and mch at least can say its the strongest physical ranged, whereas redmage is dead last as far as casters are concerned, your group will simply have 1000+ dps more if you play mch and you take a blm/smn with you compared to a situation where you play redmage and the only ranged you can find is a bard (or to lesser extent dancer)