Quote Originally Posted by Jirah View Post
Firstly, if your measuring a jobs popularity as its main source of satisfaction then its severely flawed. If that were the case GNB and DNC are perfect jobs. but i digress

agree to disagree I suppose but MCH is not in a good place. with its "popularity" i hope it doesnt just get a AOE judging by the stans that exist today swearing MCH is perfect. Mains should hope for improvement not stagnation.

as someone whos mained the job since HW this is the worst incarnation of the job so far. Nothing adds up, Heat blast spamming is boring even with the extra button you press, Turrets and wildfire are super inconsequential and loose, Rotation is the most boring rotation in the game, tanks have better rotation, Drill and Air flow unnaturally with everything, refilling Rico and Guass is awkwardly tied to Heat blast.

but ignore all this and have fun with your job, but its lacking alot being more mindless than DNC but less fun and is only getting a pass due to its DPS
As someone who has also mained the job since HW (actually on and off in SB because it was so bad), is an Ultimate raider with it, and at a cursory glance seem to perform at a much higher level than your abilities with MCH (since we're pulling out personal achievements and sass), this iteration of MCH IS the best MCH has ever been. Things are not popular for no reason - there is a big reason why MCH went from one of the least played classes to one of the most played, and it is because it's better and people like it more.

And I am not saying MCH is perfect, because it's not. I would love some extra care taken with Queen and Flamethrower. I would also love them to perhaps touch up Bioblaster a bit more since MCH struggles a lot with encounters with two targets. I even posted above you that I think it would be a great idea to lower Wildfire cooldown to line up with the speed playstyle better.

Your personal anecdotes and opinions are not fact. I am sorry that your favorite job playstyle got phased out because bow/gun mage was unpopular, but that's how the cookie crumbles. I am still waiting for a true DoT mage since they reworked SMN. Better luck in future jobs.