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.
Machinist was added at the start of the Stormblood expansion and begins at level 50. The job also has no corresponding class so all abilities earned are on the job itself. In order to become a Machinist you must complete the following quest.
Quest | NPC | Location | Conditions |
Savior of Skysteel | Stephanivien | Ishgard, Foundation (X:8 Y:10) | Quest: Before the Dawn |
For each quest you complete, you will be rewarded with a new ability, while the latter quests will also reward you with artifact (AF) armour that is shown in the screenshot above.
Introduction to Machinist
Machinist is a melee damage dealing job with no associated class. The job will deal damage using the power of Ninjutsu.
Machinist Attributes
As a Machinist your main stat is Dexterity (DEX) as this increases ranged attack power. You should be focusing on equipment with this stat. For secondary stats you should be focusing on the likes of Direct Hit Rate, Determination, Critical Hit Rate and Skill Speed in addition to simply boosting DEX. However you’ll find Skill Speed is generally not worth it.
Skill Speed and Critical Hit Rate are self explanatory in what they do. For the other two, Determination is used to boost the damage dealt by all attacks and the amount of HP recovered when healed while Direct Hit Rate is Stormblood’s replacement for Accuracy. Instead of a simple hit or miss effect that Accuracy could give, having low Direct Hit Rate for a fight will reduce damage dealt so it is important to improve this stat.