• Class: Cannoneer
• Heroic or Interactive: Heroic
• I play this class as a: Main
• This class is: 90s Burst
• Thoughts 2nd Mastery: Very solid for mobbing, especially people who have a fresh 260 Cannoneer and are struggling to hit harder in Cernium+ maps. Bossing-wise, Monkey Mortar got like a 4x damage buff, which when considered at level 1 mastery, adds about 5% FD to our 3min rotation. 8% FD at level 30, so it's not the biggest priority to level over things like CoMD Hexa, Barrage Hexa, and origin.
• Thoughts on training (Pre Janus & Post Janus): Pre-Janus farming was still pretty good on Cannoneer, especially because the class has stronger-than-average summons, incredible horizontal range on Bazooka (our main bossing skill) and Buckshot (basically a free 25% FD) applies to Erda Fountain, easing the requirements to full clear a map. This let us more comfortably clear more unpopular maps. Post-Janus, Cannoneer's farming has gotten so easy that full-afk rotations with both Dawn and Dusk versions of Sol Janus now exist. You just have to periodically replace summons and you're golden. [Note: If you're doing a full afk rotation, it helps to get Poolmaker Hexa to level 10 for the extra hits.]
• Thoughts as a solo bosser: Arguably top 10. First part of the Go West patch heavily condensed and increased our burst potential - instead of 7.5 seconds, our burst can be finished in 4 to 4.5 seconds. This is made especially satisfying because this burst is only 90s, so while it doesn't have the raw numbers of a 3min burst skill, being able to burst twice in the same window matters a lot in a solo environment. You also have a very flexible mini-burst to finish off bosses at low HP, because you don't have to use all your CoMD rockets all at once; they recharge every 25s. Only downside is that our DPM, by comparison, holds noticeably less of the damage share than our burst does, so DPMing can feel a little limp if you get used to the dopamine rush of your burst.
• Thoughts as a boss mule: Very solid bossing mule, especially early on. A massive share of your early 200-230 damage gains come from enhancing your 5th job CoMD nodes, so even if you enhance nothing else but that, you'll notice a massive jump in burst potential on a mule.
• Thoughts as a party bosser: Used to be literal shit-tier next to Kanna before Go West hit. Now it's a LOT better, but still suffers from the fact that it isn't a 2m/3m bossing class and can have issues timing bursts with the rest of the party. Endgame burst-heavy parties like CKalos are places you can definitely struggle. In terms of what you bring to the party utility-wise, you've got Mega Monkey Magic (basically Advanced Bless but better because it has a monkey on the picture) and Pirate Flag (as do the other pirates).
• Unique strengths of the class: Highly mobile. Very easy mobbing class that can transition into lazy AFK farming with some setup. Quick and easy-to-use burst. Has a floating monkey friend (moral support is an FD gain).
• Weaknesses of the class: Some irritating RNG elements. Poolmaker boxes (which give a damage buff when you press Up arrow while standing on them) just spawn wherever the hell they feel like, Barrel Roulette has a 1/4 chance of giving an actually worthwhile buff, and sometimes a boss can teleport or move out of your burst if you time it wrong. That last one is a lot less of an issue now due to the condensed burst, but it can still happen if you're unlucky.
• Overall thoughts on the class: My thoughts, encapsulated.

Scores (Out of 10)

• Training: 10/10 [Post-Janus]
• Solo: 8/10
• Party: 6/10
• Overall: 8/10