Unplayable? im glad they fixed that all good and no one thinks that nowadays..Is there a link to this apology? I dont wanna say "I highly doubt it" but i dont think a single job in SB was worth a apology not even Monk. The way your wording this is very hyperbolic as the absolute worst case scenario for any job is that its clunky or unfun idk why your wording with such disdain.
and of course its not the only factor but since BRD and DNC does a helluva lot more, it needs to compensate by doing more damage. that 1-2 complaint is rubbish when both have a chance to flourish and have a fan flourish to flourish ontop of saber dances, and finishes and main flourishes giving you all its procs. while MCH has a static 1-2-3 and nothing else besides the two GCD skills that interrupt it every 40/20 seconds,the turret (which btw is a DPS lose if you use Overdrive too early unless its a phase change or the boss is dieing) and the 5 spam shot your doing along with the pointless stackables. Charges are done worse when in DPS as the best way to utilize them is to spend them all unless ur Heat blasting then u can use them to death and wait until 1 or 2 restores manually. Heat blast being locked behind heat rather than replacing a skill is also odd since under no circumstances are you advised to press anything else besides heat blast and Rico/guass during heat blast phase. and why? why not just have it be the rotation? rather than a singular boring skill with the same potency as Split shot. and why have it refuel every 15 seconds when the CD is 30? why not a whole skill and why even tie it down to Heat blast why not have it as a trait or somthing?
also popularity means nothing a popular job doesn't mean a good job which i stated earlier. Skill spread in 4.0 wasnt the best but did they spread out the main rotation through 10 levels due to what i assume a lack of skills? lv54 you get Heated split and dont get Heated clean until the 60s hows that for crappy spread.
this small debate if i can even call it that proved to be underwhelming and i remained unconvinced of 5.0 worth, ur examples arent daily occurrences like the queen argument and dragging DNC and BRD superior designs is laughable to say the least. also funny you left out wildfire but it is inconsequential after all
Id argue fixing 4.0 is easier than making 5.0 intuitive and 5.0 is not nor is it the best incarnation of MCH.