Quote Originally Posted by aiqa View Post
That would hold up if MCH was always lower at top or 95th percentile rDPS. But at least at the moment it is not. At half the current tier MCH top rDPS is shared best in the rphys role, and highest at 95th percentile in 3/4.

And even if we ignore current tier. It's not a clear argument for why MCH needs to perform better. The dependance on other players is an indirect job difficulty, which MCH doesn't have. And that added difficulty should be rewarded, not penalized.
I'm really tired of the other phys ranged holding machinist hostage. They need to abolish the current party composition system that forces 1 phys, 1 caster, 1-2 melee and reintroduce something like piercing down on dragoon.
to make comps with a supportive phys ranged like the bard and a selfish phys ranged like machinist viable again. The phys ranged as a role are in a terrible place with no cohesive identity. I'd rather machinist be balanced around samurai and black mage instead of bard and dancer. Make the 4th phys ranged selfish too so we have an even split. Reaper, black mage and samurai have plenty of movement tools and selfish phys ranged should not be knee capped to the point they can't compete with them. I don't want machinist to replace bard and dancer in every party, I want it to be strong and viable as a selfish dps who can use the bard songs and dancer partner as effectively as other selfish dps.