FFXIV Lore- What it Means to be a Machinist

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Wow, a LOT of you wanted to hear about Machinist, so I made sure that was the next job. So far it's one of two new jobs unique to the Seventh Astral Era so we get to learn about its fundamentals and origin! Only time will tell what crazy stories there will be about the Machinists of the future.
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@johndavidtibbetts7320 2 жыл бұрын

Machinist: saving the world with the power of friendship and also this gun I found

@pepekovallin Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, persona characters in their full glory

@TheBadassTonberry 2 жыл бұрын

Somewhere in an alternate universe, you start in Limsa as a marksman and become a MCH by level 30.

@SynodicScribe 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly I'd believe it. They still have that gun class icon over in Limsa. lol

@jakoski 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, the Musketeer. The job that never was.

@nerfer200 Жыл бұрын

The Musketeer feels like a cut class/job that was shot into HW. I really like double barreled flintlock pistols that some carry around and i would love NOTHING more than having that

@mikoto7693 10 ай бұрын

Maybe we’ll get musketeer or an equivalent in the form of Corsair in Dawntrail.

@Ryltar123 Жыл бұрын

The fact that MCH is a new job and it have no knowlage inside it means that all that jumping and flips while shooting is something that our WoL decided to do for style points.

@pittfail5896 10 ай бұрын

The cooler things look the more damage they do. Or did you not know that? 😂😂

@stormsurge2103 Жыл бұрын

I own a musket for home defence, because that’s what the founding fathers intended; Four Knights of the Round break into my house.”What the Zodiark!” As I grab my powdered Whig and Garlond rifle; blow an aether crystal-sized hole through the first man. He’s dead on the spot, draw my pistol on the second knight, misses him entirely because it’s smoothbore and nails the summoner’s Carbuncle. I have to resort to the flamethrower mounted on my back, loaded with fire crystals. “Tally-ho lads!” The fire vaporizes two “men” In the blast; the sound and extra flames set of guard alarms; fix bayonet and charge the last terrified abomination, he disintegrates waiting on the guards to arrive because Primals are impossible to stitch up. Ahhh just as the founding fathers intended.

@DomDomPop Жыл бұрын

Certainly one of the coolest things about playing MCH is the prospect of being a founding member of a class. Years from now, someone will be handing our job crystal to someone, telling them stories about the great machinists who developed the techniques held within. That’s rather unique among FF XIV classes.

@KaminoZan 2 жыл бұрын

Ah, Machinist, one of my favorite jobs. :-) Near as I can tell, MCH is an amalgamation of three different elements that were supposed to have been introduced into 1.x; The original Musketeer and Arcanist classes from Limsa Lominsa, and the Ishgard city-state. 1.x Arcanist was supposed to wield a distaff, it was a mechanical staff that would transform into different constructs or summon traps during the player's rotation. (There is artwork of 1.x Urianger with a staff on his back, that's the old Arcanist main arm.) While the old Musketeer class was like our current MCH, just without the summoning of any construct like the Rook or Automaton Queen. As for Ishgard? Well, the city-state was supposed to have been introduced in 1.x, and then later in 2.x, but there wasn't enough time to make it happen. That changed upon the release of Heavensward when the MCH guild was put into Ishgard, finally implementing three seemingly abandoned features from 1.x into FFXIV. Also, the model used for the old distaff was repurposed into the "muskets" (as they are referred to in-game) used by the Gnath/Vath. Your quest companion for the Vath tribesmen storyline wields this weapon in a few cutscenes. The Machnist job as it is now makes me wonder what other past elements and classes from 1.x can be adapted into the game going forward into the next decade.

@zamboozle3741 2 жыл бұрын

You can actually also see the old Musketeer guild symbol on the same building where you can find the Marauders!

@djennings802 2 жыл бұрын

I like the fact that the machinist soul crystal is empty meaning that it's our knowledge that will get passed on through the crystal

@SynodicScribe 2 жыл бұрын

There was always a first, and the WoL just so happens to be the person for Machinist!

@acgearsandarms1343 Жыл бұрын

Did we even need firearm training or were we just that good from the start?

@stanleykylemilonas2940 Жыл бұрын

@@acgearsandarms1343 a few of the 35-50 machinist quests mention improving your marksmanship, and the Roegadyn you and the job trainer hire is there to help you and your other machinist friend train.

@o98z Жыл бұрын

@@stanleykylemilonas2940 either way stick go boom boom!

@williamedward1666 Жыл бұрын

It also means that those crazy flips the WoL does when shooting don’t come from the crystal. The WoL is canonically Just That Extra.

@MarcelEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын

I understand my machinist's background now more. I still always get surprised by technology in FFXIV in general. All is medieval and here we are shooting around with a gun and calling a cyborg to fight by our side. ;) Good job.

@mikoto7693 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got to admit I don’t particularly like the idea of magitek in an otherwise medival world. To me the Garleans should curbstomp the rest of the world due to their technological advantage. But it’s a minor quibble and I still enjoy the game.

@venti9925 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikoto7693 Lmao. You'd hate the Allagans.

@SemperVII 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikoto7693 Their technological advantage is the whole reason they're an empire, especially since they live in a frozen wasteland and they can't use magic.

@RatchildUK 2 жыл бұрын

XIV isn’t medieval, it’s more like 6 and 9 (steampunk renaissance) with remnants of sci fi from an advanced civilisation in the past.

@Legocatshouse 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikoto7693 Their technology puts them a step up, but the ability to manipulate aether makes the average eorzean soldier far stronger than a garlean, in man to man combat. Aether must not be underestimated, almost every job in ffxiv uses it in their own unique way, making them crazy strong.

@BlazingAzureTheta 2 жыл бұрын

I know that everyone's WoL is personalized to suit what they think their personality is, but between machinist, scholar, and the various crafting classes the WoL could be seen as an unprecedented genius.

@bellringer53 2 жыл бұрын

Mine is definitely a Himbo but he is a savant in most hands on trades

@Setuaro 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, now we can RP a Machinist and understand the reasoning, and even a little bit of how the weapon itself works. I will no longer be asked something only to respond with "Uh..." or "It's too complex to explain." x'D Thanks!

@SynodicScribe 2 жыл бұрын

Go wow them with your knowledge of aetherology and physics!

@Setuaro 2 жыл бұрын

@@SynodicScribe Hell yeah!

@Kaligraphy22 2 жыл бұрын

Stumbled upon your channel last night and have pretty much binge watched everything. I love me some FFXIV lore. Can you do bards next?

@SynodicScribe 2 жыл бұрын

Glad my videos are binge worthy! I'll compared Bard to what else has been requested but yeah, eventually I'll cover all jobs. ^^

@DatBrasss Жыл бұрын

Lightning crystals along the barrel to accelerate bullets... they made magic RAILGUNS?!??

@SynodicScribe Жыл бұрын

I mean. Kinda? You need something with a lot of force to puncture monster hide. A 9mm ain't gonna cut it in this world!

@Castersvarog 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I just realized the Rook Autoturret looks a lot like an Imperial juggernaut. Those huge flying tubes garlemald used in the 1.0 trailers

@amitamaru 2 жыл бұрын

I always thought the prospectometer was figurative. Another word for intuition.

@cerul 3 жыл бұрын

A real blast as always, professor

@strictlyplatonic7287 Жыл бұрын

I started playing FFXIV a few months after Stormblood. MCH back then was a bit of a harder beast to grasp, but it caught my attention with the massive amount of burst damage it had. I mained the class immediately once I got into Heavensward and haven't regretted it since. I still love and enjoy MCH and can't wait to see what is in store for the jobs future.

@dakotadoyle7573 2 жыл бұрын

I wish we had the option to customize the outer shell of the Atherotransformer

@sadgirlhours4088 2 жыл бұрын

Machinist is flat out the most fun class. My friend taught me the rotation for it and holy crap it's so fun. I love it. It's super fun and I highly recommend it.

@nichow13 3 жыл бұрын

great as always! excited to learn more about the tanks!

@spacitracidesigns5967 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Makes me adore the class even more!

@acehealer4212 Жыл бұрын

It’s cool how the Machinist discipline draws from all over. Ishgard, Limsa Lominsa, and even Garlemald.

@TheMrJohnnie 2 жыл бұрын

Just started three weeks ago, I want to be a machinist so bad, I’m a bard until I get to the heavensward content

@hose509 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Finally some answers

@mikoto7693 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. I’d never played Mch but it’s still good to learn the lore.

@boga-tier6609 Жыл бұрын

I sense a faint sense of Danger... A shit, that's a gun-

@Nobodycaresfl 2 жыл бұрын

Your vids make me regret slipping CSs and talk bubbles!! Wonderful work ser!!!

@Kfo221 2 жыл бұрын

never skip a cs.

@nicholasbrooks6577 11 ай бұрын

Awesome just what i was looking for take my sub

@SynodicScribe 11 ай бұрын

Happy to have you!

@nerdbane 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for Blue Mage!

@roti8 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!

@SynodicScribe 3 жыл бұрын

Just so!

@xSHIELDBREAKERx82 2 жыл бұрын

MCHs are fantasy versions of 18Charlies-Combat Engineers for SOFs. I main MCH and love it.

@andresmgomez8505 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awsome content, pls do Ninja :D

@dark3rthanshadows 2 жыл бұрын

a gunbreaker video would be great

@Tom-Pendragon 3 жыл бұрын

Just made it, professor.

@martinsmith9371 Жыл бұрын

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Damm itd be be amazing to have some in game videos of some of this stuff. All I could picture at the start was corthous where the behemoth fate pops etc Great stuff tho nevertheless

@SynodicScribe Жыл бұрын

If my original imaginings got adapted into in game footage I think I'd die of happiness. But thank you. I hope writing serves to paint a bigger picture! haha

@martinsmith9371 Жыл бұрын

@@SynodicScribe it's really well spoken/read (whatever you wanna say)

@IRONFINGERZ Жыл бұрын

What gave you this idea bro? This was cool as shit.

@SynodicScribe Жыл бұрын

I always wanted to explain video game lore from a Story Teller's point of view. So here I am. haha

@warriorfromhammerfell1557 Жыл бұрын

I am surprised Machinist in FF14 does not have the Pandora ability but I guess it's okay

@azul86 8 ай бұрын

It amuses me that I seem to be the only person I have heard who says the name as a variation of Machina (from FFX) instead of Machine. Probably because FFX is my favorite and I heard it way too much in all my replays. For those who never play X, I read it as Mah - keen -est instead of Mah - sheen -est.