(06-25-2015, 11:39 AM)Apl_Juice Wrote: Now that ive had a chance to number crunch MCH, I would say they aren't as terrible as people seem to think. The random nature of the skills only fluctuate total DPS by about 5-8% in each of the dozen simulations I ran. At worst, a string of no procs lowers your dps by about that much.Â5-8% variance is still a pretty significant amount, especially when you consider that the melee DPS jobs enjoy 100% consistency, though BLM and BRD have some (but not much) randomness of their own to contend with. (Never played SMN so I know nothing about them, heh.)
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The skill : DPS ratio is WAY out of whack. This job is without a doubt one of the hardest jobs with the immobility of BLM, the support of bard, the tight rotation/priority of DRG, and the latency unfriendliness of Ninja. As of now, playing flawlessly is no stronger than bard if not marginally worse. Machinist isnt bad, but holy hell, they are not worth the effort.Â
By the way, leave gauss off until 60; it js a dps loss until then.
I think you have an odd standard for what qualifies as "bad". "Marginally worse than bard" when "bard" already qualifies as "weak DPS" is not exactly an encouraging statement. I also have yet to see a single MCH parse that even matches top BRD, so there's that.
I'm still fully convinced MCH is just plain weak, even disregarding how hard it is to play. Even though I am playing pretty much as close to perfect as I can manage (and out-DPSing everyone I meet in PUGs), the DPS I am putting out remains pathetic in light of what the other DPS jobs are capable of in the right hands.
Even at level 55 I am still putting out 400-ish DPS where I can hit the 500-range on a regular basis as a level 50 DRG with similar gear. That's pretty damning, really.
(06-25-2015, 12:42 PM)Oswin Wrote: Your naivety toward WAR damage in Heavensward is adorable.
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WAR damage output is front-loaded. Those big numbers do not translate to outrageously high sustained damage output due to the rest of their kit being kind of weak in that regard. That being said, yeah, they can do insane throughput in Deliverance now.
