Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

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Originally Posted by Haxetc

https://youtu.be/UbZkwgz6JnU There's your response :3

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Thank you for posting this as I look forward to this guide as I plan on playing machinist as my main.

I've been practicing the opener in the guide, it's definitely an improvement. Can't say I care to use food or dexterity potions though, not now anyway. They are stupidly expensive, no content in the game needs them, and I probably won't do much savage right away.

I play on an NA server but I'm currently living in Africa, so my latency is also pretty bad. Ninja Mudras barely work unless I do them slowly, and sometimes my procs for slug/clean shot appear late so I can't fire as quickly as I'd like. That being said I do really like playing MCH. My friend checks my dps on occasion, and while I don't do high dps, I consistently out dps a lot of people who by all rights should NOT be out-dps'd by me (dragoons), so I'm not too worried about my standing.

That's all. Just wanted to say thanks for doing the research and stuff, it's a big help. I expect I'll get better at MCH as time passes and I get more comfortable with it, not to mention I'll be stateside again fairly soon.

alright, so with enough skill speed, you can fit an additional GCD in wildfire; but it's only applicable to gauss-off split shot because it has the least delay to register the hit, compared to cleanshot or slugshot. whether or not it applies to wildfire damage is a mystery still to me, but the damage shows up before wildfire by 1-3 frames, so i think it should. opener is the same for the most part

RS HE BFB HC>hot shot(dex pot)>lead(reload)>split(wildfire)>slug(quick+reassemble)>clean(rapid+ricochet)>split(GR)>slug(h.graze)>split(blank)>clean(gauss off)>slug>split>wildfire detonate

making a video of it. at 2.40 (618 sksp) gcd i can do it pretty consistently

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ejJRugvFU

Does anyone know if applying Hawk's Eye after Dex pot will result in an overall increase in Dex when compared to Hawk's Eye->Dex pot?

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Originally Posted by Eevey

Does anyone know if applying Hawk's Eye after Dex pot will result in an overall increase in Dex when compared to Hawk's Eye->Dex pot?

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Has been quite a while since I saw a question that made me go, wtf I have never even thought of that.

Just tested it

HE->POT = 1158 dex

POT->HE = 1158 dex

So it does not matter whether you pop it before or after HE the dex will be the same.

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Originally Posted by Aiurily

alright, so with enough skill speed, you can fit an additional GCD in wildfire; but it's only applicable to gauss-off split shot because it has the least delay to register the hit, compared to cleanshot or slugshot. whether or not it applies to wildfire damage is a mystery still to me, but the damage shows up before wildfire by 1-3 frames, so i think it should. opener is the same for the most part

RS HE BFB HC>hot shot(dex pot)>lead(reload)>split(wildfire)>slug(quick+reassemble)>clean(rapid+ricochet)>split(GR)>slug(h.graze)>split(blank)>clean(gauss off)>slug>split>wildfire detonate

making a video of it. at 2.40 (618 sksp) gcd i can do it pretty consistently

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6ejJRugvFU

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Using ACT I've been getting the Floating text showing it counts but not getting the damage calculated into WF. I just don't use Lead shot and it's pretty easy to figure out.

Edit: I just got it to work with a 2.39GCD

New gear is up on the Ariyala site. I just wish I knew what our accuracy cap was in A4. Hopefully we find out soon enough. http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/Machinist

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Originally Posted by Velhart

New gear is up on the Ariyala site. I just wish I knew what our accuracy cap was in A4. Hopefully we find out soon enough. http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/Machinist

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So much SkillSpeed. . . you can get 1045 sks. Wonder what the Gcd would be with that.

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Originally Posted by FantasyForever

So much SkillSpeed. . . you can get 1045 sks. Wonder what the Gcd would be with that.

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If you completely ignored accuracy and did a full crit build, it would be at 781 crit/501 det. x_x

Thankfully, it looks like between the two sets there is enough pieces that compensate accuracy while giving a good amount of crit and det in the sets also.

I was looking at the esoterics... Sadly, I'm not a fan of the design of the gear. I figured it would be like what we saw in the preview pick, but I was hoping for something that looks more steam punk and less... Piratey.