Chainsaw fun

[Karnoffel]

Chainsaw needs to be turned into a gap closer.

You call down (like the Automaton Queen) a MASSIVELY OVERSIZED CHAINSAW that you are unable to properly lift and therefore drop, which then chews up the ground in front of you as you're dragged over to and collide with the target, damaging anything along the way, and in a line behind the target after your grip slips from the impact and it is let loose.

Its current incarnation isn't even a proper chainsaw, just 3 circular saws frisbeed at your target with zero chains involved.

[Mikey_R]

That's because it isn't Chainsaw, but Chain Saw. Subtle difference, but an important one. It is circular SAWS being CHAINED together to attack the target (in the same way you can chain attacks together without a chain involved).

[Ruminous]

Ah, I really do wish chainsaw actually just made you throw away your gun and bring out a chainsaw. I'd love the ability more if it did that.

[CKNovel]

I think it's unanymous that "Chain Saw" doesn't fit the fantasy of a chainsaw at all.
It's not even close, the ability is a chain saw in its name alone.

Please let me smack mine ennemies with an actual Chain saw!

[Atmaweapon510]

Unfortunately, MCH's set rotation makes any forced melee mechanic introduced into their kit a pain unlike SMN which can shuffle their melee phase. MCH needs a rework to accommodate Chainsaw.

But aside from that, MCH needs melee gapcloser Chainsaw. You know the GNB limit break in PvP? Make it like that, but with a hardhitting gapcloser on initial cast. So we get to do one initial slash, spin around a bit like Edgar, then conclude with a finishing strike.

[ICountFrom0]

There's a topic with a grapple gun suggestion that might be better.

And a placable turret that you can graple to instead of just your foe or your friends.

[Ceridwen]

Since someone mentioned 'grapple,' that is all I want for my machinist. (Well, I also want my turret back, because I just loathe my stupid kneeling robot lady thing) I really think a rework should make a machinist more 'gadgety,' rather than just 'eh, a gun, I guess.' Also - flamethrower. I have a flamethrower. i feel like a goddess with it. And there seems to be no practical reason to actually use it. Maybe? I think it would be nice to have a quirky class, and machinist has the perfect groundwork for it.

eta: Actually I want a lot... I feel like it's there, but not there.

[Vatom]

I'd be happy with the grapple and if they removed gunfu from that class I rather a cast then 3 flips that don't even look good physics wise or ascetically.
They whole give them a melee is weird to me but I not against it. If I have it cool if not I'll live, but I also think MCH shouldn't use a nerfgun rifle pistol.
I mean its been years and still my run animation is like holding a rifle and my combos are like using a pistol.
One of the reasons I can't main it. If they put gunner or any other gun class in the game I doubt I even touch it if they don't do something.

Excluding PVP, PVP MCH is amazing

[CrazyAce]

I think it's unanymous that "Chain Saw" doesn't fit the fantasy of a chainsaw at all.
It's not even close, the ability is a chain saw in its name alone.

Please let me smack mine ennemies with an actual Chain saw!

I see a fellow Arknights player and person of culture with Gavial Alter. XD

But on topic, I wouldn't say no to Machinist getting an actual chainsaw. Maybe it could be an upgrade to flamethrower?

[Alpheus]

They should go full Edgar FFVI chainsaw or rename the current ability to to Buzzsaw