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:

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	Level	TP Cost	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Description
Split Shot	1	70	Instant	2.5s	??	0	Delivers an attack with a potency of 140. Additional Effect: 50% chance of increasing next Slug Shot potency by 80. Gauss Barrel Effect: Next slug Shot will have no cast time. Duration: 10s Ammunition Effect: 100% chance of increasing next Slug Shot potency.
Slug Shot	2	60	Instant	2.5s	??	0	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Split Shot Bonus Potency: 180. Additional Effect: 50% chance of increasing next Clean Shot potency by 100. Gauss Barrel Effect: Next Clean Shot will have no cast time. Duration: 10s Ammunition Effect: 100% chance of increasing next Clean Shot potency.
Reload	4	0	Instant	60s	0	0	Loads firearm with five rounds of special ammunition. One round of ammunition is used each time a weaponskill is executed. Increase that weaponskill's potency by 20. Ammunition use may also increase the rate at which a weaponskill's additional effect is triggered. No more than five rounds can be loaded one at a time. Duration: 30s
Lead Shot	6	80	Instant	2.5s	??	0	Delivers an attack with a potency of 40. Places a DoT with a potency of 45 for 30s.
Heartbreak	8	0	Instant	30s	??	0	Delivers an attack with a potency of 180. Can only be executed when target's HP is below 20%.
Leg Graze	10	0	Instant	20s	??	0	Inflicts target with Heavy +40%. Duration 12s (PvP 8s) Shares a recast timer with Foot Graze.
Reassemble	12	0	Instant	90s	0	0	Next weaponskill will result in a critical hit. If the next action is an area of effect attack, only the first enemy hit will be ensured critical damage. Duration: 20s
Blank	15	0	Instant	30s	5y	0	Deals damage with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback
Spread Shot	18	130	Instant	2.5s	8y	3y	Deliver an attack with a potency of 100 to all enemies in a cone before you.
Foot Graze	22	0	Instant	20s	??	0	Binds target. Duration 12s (PvP 8s) Cancels auto-attack upon execution Shares a recast timer with Leg Graze.
Quick Reload	26		Instant				Replenishes your ammunition by 1 and restores 50 TP. Cast Instant, Recast 30s.
Hot Shot	30		Instant				Delivers an attack with a potency of 120. Additional Effect: Increases physical damage dealt by 5%. Duration: 30s
Rapid Fire	30		Instant				Reduces weaponskill recast timer to 1.5 seconds. Gauss Barrel Effect: Weaponskills will have no cast time. Effect ends upon using 3 weaponskills. Duration: 15s. Cast Instant, Recast 90s.
Head Graze	34		Instant				Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Silence. Duration: 2s. Share a recast timer with Suppressive Fire. Cast Instant, Recast 25s.
Clean Shot	35		Instant				Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Slug Shot Bonus Potency: 200
Wildfire	38		Instant				Covers target's body in a slow-burning pitch. For the next 15 seconds, 25% of most damage you inflict upon the target is compiled, then dealt at the end of the effect’s duration. Cast Instant, Recast 90s
Rook Autoturret	40		Instant				Deploys a single-target battle turret which will deliver auto-attacks with a potency of 60 to its master’s target Using a weaponskill will cause turret to change targets. Hypercharge Potency: 160. Hypercharge Effect: Increases target’s physical damage taken by 5%. Duration: 10s. Shares a recast timer with Bishop Autoturret. Cast Instant, Recast 10s.
Turret Retrieval	40		Instant				Retrieves turret from field.
Promotion	42		Instant				Disables a turret's attack mode. Rooks will instead create a 20-yalm radius TP regeneration field. Bishops will create an MP regeneration field. Caster MP is slowly drained while autoturret is promoted. Hypercharge Effect: regeneration potency is doubled. Attack mode is reactivated upon reuse. Cast Instant, Recast 5s.
Suppressive Fire	45		Instant				Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Stun, Duration 2s. Share a recast timer with Head Graze.
Grenado Shot	46		Instant				Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to target and enemies near it.
Bishop Autoturret	50		Instant				Deploys an area of effect battle turret which will deliver auto-attacks with a potency of 60 to all nearby enemies. Hypercharge Potency: 120. Hypercharge Effect: Increases target’s magic damage taken by 5%. Duration: 10s. Shares a recast timer with Rook Autoturret. Cast Instant, Recast 10s.
Dismantle	50		Instant				Lower’s taget’s physical damage dealt by 5%. Duration: 10s. Shares a recast timer with Rend Mind. Cast Instant, Recast 90s.
Gauss Barrel	52		Instant				Equips your current firearm with a gauss barrel, increasing damage dealt by 20%. While barrel is equipped, all auto-attack will stop and all weaponskills will require casting time. Effect ends upon reuse. Cast 3s, Recast 5s.
Gauss Round	54		Instant				Delivers an attack with potency of 200. Can only be executed with a Gauss Barrel attached. Cast Instant, Recast 20s
Rend Mind	56		Instant				Lowers target’s magic damage dealt by 5%. Duration: 10s. Share a recast timer with Dismantle. Cast Instant, Recast 90s.
Hypercharge	58		Instant				Overcharges your autoturret, increasing its effectiveness. Duration: 15s. Can only be executed when a turret is deployed. Cast Instant, Recast 120s.
Ricochet	60		Instant				Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to target and 300 distributed among all nearby targets. Can only be executed with a Gauss Barrel attached. Cast Instant, Recast 60s

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