Machinist

"The war with Dravania rages on, brutal and unrelenting. With no end in sight, the Holy See grows desperate. As her dragoons lay down their lives in defense of their home, Ishgard turns to technology to protect her sons and daughters. Great cannons and ballistae now line the city walls, plucking dragons from the sky.
Following the example of Cid Garlond, who has demonstrated the potency of magitek, the Skysteel Manufactory works tirelessly on the development of advanced armaments. As new and devastating weapons are brought to the fray, a new class of champion arises to wield them―the machinist." — Game Description Machinist is a ranged DPS job introduced in 2014 Fan Fest in Tokyo. Machinist is the gun-wielding job scheduled to be released in Heavensward. Unlike 2.0 jobs, Machinist does not require a base class and starts from level 30. The job's main weapon is the Firearm. Machinist will use specialized mechanical equipment such as attachments to the firearm along with deploy-able turrets.

Using deployable turrets, Machinist can perform a support style role in addition to the DPS role. The turrets can attack enemies, debuff enemies or buff allies.

When using attachments on his gun, Machinist increases his DPS and transforms his weapon to something similar to a cannon. He will charge up before an attack and movement will cancel the attack and reset the charge. If you need to be constantly on the move, don't use attachments. Gun actions require a stacking gunpowder(or ammo) buff. Learning when to reload will be an important.

Requirement

• Heavensward
• Access to Ishgard, where Machinist's Guild is located.
• Complete the quest Savior of Skysteel.

Actions

Details of some of Machinist's abilities were announced during the Letter from the Producer LIVE XXI:

Machinist's role is similar to bard. However, the play style and the awareness for the job will greatly differ. Their major speciality is to use a buff called ammunition, and by using stacks of these it’ll add various additional effects to the weapon skills.

• Reload

By using this, you can reload five stacks of ammunition. Not only will you reload when you use up all the stacks of ammunition, but you can reload when not out of any ammunition to increase the damage efficiency. Additionally, there is an action called Quick Reload which will instantly load one ammunition for use in dire situations, so use these utilities to manage the amount of ammunition you have.

Weapon skills work a bit differently. There are weapon skill combination where you use shot 1, shot 2, and shot 3, but using shot 1 gives a 50% chance of boost to shot 2, and another 50% chance to boost shot 3. By using ammunitions you can make sure the boost procs. Furthermore, machinist has many unique actions, such as Wildfire which charges the damage and attacks at once, and turrets which will affect party members in range. |-

Action	Icon	Level	TP Cost	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Description
Split Shot		1
Slug Shot		2
Reload		4
Lead Shot		6
Heartbreak		8
Leg Graze		10
Reassemble		12
Blank		15
Spread Shot		18
Foot Graze		22
Quick Reload		26
Hot Shot		30
Rapid Fire		30
Head Graze		34
Clean Shot		35
Wildfire		38
Rook Autoturret		40
Turret Retrieval		40
Promotion		42
Suppressive Fire		45
Grenado Shot		46
Bishop Autoturret		50
Dismantle		50
Gauss Barrel		52
Gauss Round		54
Rend Mind		56
Hypercharge		58
Ricochet		60

Traits

Trait	Icon	Level	Description
Enhanced Dexterity		8
Lodged Lead		14
Enhanced Dexterity II		16
Increased Action Damage		20
Enhanced Dexterity III		24
Enhanced Reassemble		28
Quicker Reload		32
Enhanced Spread Shot		36
Increased Action Damage II		40
Enhanced Rapid Fire		44
Enhanced Wildfire		48

Cross-Class Actions

Lancer			Archer
Action	Icon	Level	Action	Icon	Level
Feint		2	Straight Shot		2
Keen Flurry		6	Raging Strikes		4
Invigorate		22	Venomous Bite		6
Blood for Blood		34	Hawk's Eye		26
			Quelling Strikes		34

Cross-Discipline Actions

Botanist			Miner
Action	Icon	Level	Action	Icon	Level
Triangulate		1	Prospect		1
Arbor Call		3	Lay of the Land		3
Arbor Call II		6	Lay of the Land II		6
Truth of Forests		46	Truth of Mountains		46

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