It's time to Lock Out Machinist from PF

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Low rDPS and the fact its meant to be the damage focused job in the physrange role, since BRD and DNC are based around maintaining buffs. Though those two also need damage buffs obviously too, MCH needs higher rDPS and aDPS it having good nDPS is only applicable to stuff like critieon or DDs where raid buffs arent as powerful.

DNC and BRD team buffs are already included in rDPS. So it's not fair to say they should have lower rDPS because they have buffs that are already accounted for in rDPS. If anything jobs that bring team DPS buffs should have slightly higher rDPS then purely selfish jobs. For aDPS and nDPS, selfish jobs should be higher. And they always are.

The whole role is actually a mess. MCH's personal damage is quite high, but its raid contributing damage is way too low. BRD's raid contributing damage is very high, but its personal damage is hovering around tank damage, and a similar story with DNC. BRD's personal damage needs a dramatic buff without raising it's synergy damage -- DNC too to a lesser extent. And MCH needs to be able to play into buffs better. Not good. Phys ranged balance is actually awful right now.

That average difference in raid contribution in terms of rDPS is 300 for the upper 75th percentile. That doesn't seem like a huge difference to me. Not nearly enough to say one is very low and the other is very high. And at the moment BRD rDPS is a bit higher then DNC. Why does BRD need a bigger buff then DNC? For AoE damage I very much agree, BRD needs a huge buff for AoE. But for single target, the whole rphysical role that needs a huge buff, and none much more then the other.