Is mechanist weak early on or I'm doing something wrong?

[Aldath]

Scaling of classes is kinda whack at the lower levels and isn’t always great

For example SMN absolutely destroys every other class at level 70 because of the way their kit works but is on the lower end of DPS at level 90

In general the devs don’t really maintain kit balance at levels other than the level cap so if you notice a class feels kinda weak at lower levels just keep pushing through because outside of specific situations they are all well balanced at 90

This seems like good news.
Are the mobs in early HW areas overtuned, or that's just me? From what I remember I could kill them but I would leave the battle quite damaged, and my RDM took a little longer to kill mobs than my Summoner. At level 60, my DNC, SMN and RDM pretty much take on the Dravanian Hinterlands level 60 mobs at the same speed, take less damage, and need less button presses.