Quote Originally Posted by Payotz View Post
I would honestly want MCH to go back to their support DPS route. Hell, I want phys ranged to go back to their "Utility DPS" identity. Palisade, Refresh, Arm Graze, Leg Graze, Head Graze, Old Hypercharge/Foe's Requiem, Rend Mind, and Dismantle is a lot better reason to bring a physical ranged than a boring "1% Party Bonus DPS buff" that literally adds NO gameplay.

If they want to keep MCH as a "selfish DPS", they need to implement it as a Support-Oriented, "Selfish" Physical Ranged job with more utility on top of it. Which means, a job that has more personal DPS than its fellow phys ranged, and the identity of "utility based" like all phys ranged. Maybe more mitigation (Rend Mind/ Dismantle/ Palisade), maybe a resource refresh (Refresh or maybe a skill that refreshes job timers every 180 seconds), or maybe even have Peloton be active during combat. Utility doesn't have to mean "Trick Attack relabeled" either, it can even be a skill that helps keep uptime during mechanics, mitigate during heavy damage phases, or even CC that can affect the boss, like Slow and Blind.

Just something that isn't a +1% Party bonus and is also engaging would be nice.
I'm not mad at MCH staying as a "selfish" DPS, as it seems to be a niche occupied by at least 1 representative of each group: there's one in the casters as BLM, one in the melees as SAM, etc. Bards on the other hand, would actually benefit a lot for more of what you suggest, to have them out of the limbo they currently are, and being on par with Dancers for what is brought to the table.