Quote Originally Posted by elioaiko View Post
MCH will never be the "selfish" dps of ranged bc if it had the same damage as BLM or SAM then people would play them over DNC or BRD. Sure the party buffs are great but if MCH's personal damage was high enough, then it outweighs the rDPS of the other two.

Plus the devs values the ranged tax too much for MCH to be anywhere close to the top.
This, very true. But the whole "state of machinist is sad" should be substituted with "state of ranged phys is sad". It really isn't just a machinist problem, it's a problem all phys ranged share now.