MCH, still as bad?

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Originally Posted by Empty-handed

they need to do something about our aoe dmg as well. machinist suffers a huge tp penalty for aoe dmg/rotation compared to bard who gets free Rod every other attack -.-'

with ammo make spreadshot > procs grenado (free tp?).

another thing, they better NOT touch wildfire if they go for the obvious buff: increase potency of 123 combo. ; ;

leave Wildfire as it is :( (just make it look cool and goes BOOM!)

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Wildfire has a huge flaw that needs to be addressed. It is literally the only burst that requires understanding of fights to have 14 seconds of uninterrupted burst damage dealing to be useful compared to the heavy to use barrage+emp arrow set up. Yeah I understand do not give carbon copy of powers to the machinist but itleast give machinist a bit of control to fire off the wildfire burst early if you know you wont make it the 14 seconds then let wildfire timer be shortened by the % of firing off the burst early.

Bard with a 9-12k burst they can use in two global cooldowns or 14 seconds of ramp up time for a 8-9k burst hit. Hmm hard decision which is easier to utilize.

While Wildfire does take some time to trigger it doesn't really become an issue on any savage encounter. Just plan accordingly. That also doesn't include all the other damage leading into the Wildfire tick. MCH has superior burst potential though it may not always be 100% fully realized.

Burst planning can be said for any other job that wants to maximize the uptime of their cooldowns. Mch just has it worse because it'll amount to zero damage or holding off the burst for good time in some circumstances, and there's more factors that can decrease its effectiveness (such as losing out 100 or more potency from ricochet, such as hand of pain or adds.)