Why do the devs hate MCH so much?

[Shurrikhan]

They loved MCH so much they completely overhauled it and made it fun to play in Shadowbringers. I still find it really fun and use it as a main DPS (when I actually play DPS).

/shrug

I found it a hell of a lot more fun in Stormblood. To me, about perfect would have been the Stormblood design with a handful of individually small changes:

• a less ping-punishing Rapid Fire,
• a decently powerful and mobile-channeled Flamethrower,
• mobile turrets (and, of course, able to attack mid-movement),
• a slightly more exploitable Overheated phase,
• and faster ramping thereto, perhaps with a higher resting Heat (as not to be so reliant on Flamethrower or the bloat of Barrel Stabilizer to fully open).

Give me an Automaton Queen as more than just a "glorified DoT" and I'd be even happier, still, but I greatly preferred the foundation of pre-Shadowbringers MCH.