Serious Concern, Need Help; MCH not welcome to Alexander

Here's the thing: Someone as of day 2 set out to make a guide as far as how to play MCH. Please note I'm not bashing it at all, and I respect his efforts to do so early on, but when I read the rotation and saw Blank in it, I stopped there.

Blank is an extremely situational skill that's really only good for soloing or perhaps interrupting an enemy attack (a la T9 Green/Red golems). Hasn't been on my hotbar since lv 31, and it's likely never coming back. Sure it's an oGCD and against something you can't knock back anyways, it's extra damage, but that doesn't warrant using it at every opportunity. Did the mob get away from the tank? Sure, send it back. Did your DPS buddy zone out and is about to eat otherwise-avoidable damage? Go for it. But in an otherwise standard battle setting where things are under control? Don't be that guy. . .

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Originally Posted by ThirdChild_ZKI

Blank is an extremely situational skill that's really only good for soloing or perhaps interrupting an enemy attack (a la T9 Green/Red golems). Hasn't been on my hotbar since lv 31, and it's likely never coming back. Sure it's an oGCD and against something you can't knock back anyways, it's extra damage, but that doesn't warrant using it at every opportunity. Did the mob get away from the tank? Sure, send it back. Did your DPS buddy zone out and is about to eat otherwise-avoidable damage? Go for it. But in an otherwise standard battle setting where things are under control? Don't be that guy. . .

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Except people have been conditioned to use utility skills in their rotations to increase DPS since ARR was released. Hence why DRGs use Leg Sweep (messing up encounters that require interrupt via stuns due to early immunity) and BRDs use Blunt Arrow. MCH is just another entry on that list.

You make a good point. Though I personally never used Leg Sweep or Blunt Arrow (for example) outside of when and where I needed to use them. And I've never had issues performing as a DPS.

If it's a matter of conditioning, then I never conditioned myself to utilize skills unnecessarily in the first place. And I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything so special that others can't do either.

Blank is good for bosses who can't be pushed and enemies who are going to die from Blank. And pushing enemies back to the tank, or off of you/the healer. Otherwise, don't use it.

Like every new class to a game. Only a handful will master it right away, while the vast majority (90%) of the population playing said class will miserably fail until they can look up another player's guide/rotation on a forum or reddit.

People whine because they are limited to their own experience.

I'll use Blank in pretty much two conditions.

1. The mob is going to die and that TP-free shot is going to finish it off anyway.

2. The healer has pulled hate and the tank is either not paying attention or disinclined to do something about it. In which case, I use Blank to knock the critter back into the tank's face, then bind it. Buy the tank some time to flash or provoke or whatever and give the healer a chance to breathe and possibly heal/shield up before getting chewed on again.

Blank has its uses. ALL THE TIMES EVAR!!! is not those uses.

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Originally Posted by lawlHT

Fixing machinist and bard are going to take time, both to identify where the problem truly lies and to come up with a solution that balances the classes without overpowering them. Not to mention, actually implementing the changes takes a while as well. Expecting SE to just have a solution ready within two weeks is pretty shortsighted

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the problem with mch, lies with main combo having 50% chance to proc, but in reality you fail to proc 5-10 times in a row, very often. succeeding 5-10 times in a row, is unheard of.
so they should make the proc chance 90%, then in reality it will be closer to 50%. or they should decrease cooldown of ammo...OR JUST FIX THE % - even at 90% chance, you still fail to gather/craft stuff, 5 times in a row, occasionally.
with mch it takes to much effort, for to little result - it's basically like how DRG was before buff; good burst damage, then it just plummet.

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Originally Posted by ThirdChild_ZKI

You make a good point. Though I personally never used Leg Sweep or Blunt Arrow (for example) outside of when and where I needed to use them. And I've never had issues performing as a DPS.

If it's a matter of conditioning, then I never conditioned myself to utilize skills unnecessarily in the first place. And I'm pretty sure I'm not doing anything so special that others can't do either.

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The deterrent for that sort of behavior is making those abilities deal 0 damage (it's a no-brainer, really). That would instantly remove them from damage rotations; it's sort of why games like WoW have the utility stuff (stuns, interrupts, incapacitates, fears) deal no damage at all.

Doesn't help that guides tell you to use those skills on cooldown.

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Originally Posted by Duelle

The deterrent for that sort of behavior is making those abilities deal 0 damage (it's a no-brainer, really). That would instantly remove them from damage rotations; it's sort of why games like WoW have the utility stuff (stuns, interrupts, incapacitates, fears) deal no damage at all.

Doesn't help that guides tell you to use those skills on cooldown.

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Why does firing a blank do damage anyway

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Originally Posted by Atlaworks

Why does firing a blank do damage anyway

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The fact that a guy got so close and fired made them flinch back and hurt themselves even though it didn't actually do anything?