Quote Originally Posted by gamerseb View Post
Indeed.

In today's stream, MCH was practically skipped, even though the job is in a terrible state, and Yoshi P stopped to explain other jobs for a long while. It almost feels as though devs are making fun of us at this point.
In all honesty its one of the reasons I dont watch the streams anymore. Its clear what the devs like and dont like and sadly, I like what they dont. Here's my take:
the MCH buffs account for roughly a 2.4% potency buff, on average Mch have been roughly 5-6% behind other ranged physical while also not providing any raid/party support. The range tax is no longer a valid reason for less dps, positionals in melee are constantly being removed or adjusted, most fight mechanics lately do not affect melee uptime much and even a competent blm can be as mobile as a machinist in EW. MCH is like the only job without a gap closer or jump back. they are one of, if not the only, jobs to not have a self heal or dmg mitigation outside of a role ability. Even the other "selfish DPS" bring more in terms of self utility/support than the machinist. The two main abilities of mch are disjointed and anticlimactic. wildfire/heatblast can not crit or direct hit & the burst window is extremely ping dependent and unforgiving. the AQ attacks random targets, not what you're targeting and is pretty much a glorified DoT. Removing the old style turrets was a huge mistake in my opinion. I understand the developers dont like "pet classes" but a large portion of the players do and want them. Mch and Smn should be able to have a "pet" that actually does something, even if its just a auto basic attack, considering Scholars get a fairy that can auto heal. Flamethrower is a throw away ability, because it stops all movement and even rotating in place cancels the action, which goes against mch supposedly being a super mobile job. The Devs need to decide if they want MCH to be a selfish dps or a support job and need to retool it to fit whichever that is. They stripped away a lot of what made the mch class feel unique and special with ShB and while somethings have been changed for the better rotation wise, there is a lot that leaves much to be desired. From a Machinist main point of view at least.