Bard should be first to nerf after healers.

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Originally Posted by Enlial

I get about 10.5k damage on a training dummy doing wildfire, heated split, stungun, heated slug, bte, heated clean, blank, wildfire proc.

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Well, Split/Slug/Clean should all together be around 4500.
BTE with stun 3000 makes 7500. Add a Stun Gun and it should be 8500, times 1,5 = 12750 without overheat boost or blank.

That's the theory. If it works out to 10,5k damage in practice, then the keyword is likely the "most damage" on the Wildfire description. Chances are, either the GCD damage, or the OGCD damage isn't counted.

That actually makes me curious enough to try it out right now.

Edit: Nope, both count. Let's check if there's simply a damage cap somewhere...
Edit2: Nope, I'm getting around 9700 + 4900 = 14600 total, roughly. Not using blank either because filthy 230 MS latency.

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Originally Posted by Enlial

I get about 10.5k damage on a training dummy doing wildfire, heated split, stungun, heated slug, bte, heated clean, blank, wildfire proc.

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That's (1250 + 1000 + 1500 + 3000 + 1750 + 500) * 1.5 * 1.1 = roughly 14850.
Don't forget that wildfire is 50% now, bte is triple and not double, ammo adds 250 potency per shot, and you need to multiply an additional 1.05/1.1 for gauss barrel/overheat, and another 1.03 if you took the damage trait. The ceiling is actually a lot higher than the numbers I gave earlier in the thread. I actually didn't even want to count blank because if you don't get the kill you'll cost your melee partner uptime, so it's a risky skill to use.

I'm not sure what the context of those bard numbers is though, it's kinda long for a burst sequence if that's what you meant it to be. If you're comparing it to mch's equivalent burst then comparing a 5s window is best, that gives you 2 weaponskills, ~2 dot ticks, and 4 ogcds max. It's already rare enough to get 2 or even 1 gcd on a target without healer interference, any longer and it's not really 'burst' any more.

If you want best possible burst window, you need stack 5 stack flamethrower before wildfire. You need warrior friend holding your target with holmgang, but then you can do over 20k damage inside 5 sec burst window. that is also predictable, but potentially possible.

Huh, yeah I just tried again and you're right