Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[Cascadi]

I've been wondering this too. I've been using Reload when it comes up and delaying Wildfire simply because it's more fun to use Reload whenever possible, but seeing how much damage comes from Wildfire I would guess it's best to delay Reload instead.

Hey, I modified the sim to run these two options for 270s each and here are the results with 1000 simulations:

Option 1: Delay all by 30s buffs so it lines up with Reload @ 120s
70591 avg

Option 2: Don't delay Reload or buffs and use them whenever they are up
70811 avg

Option 3: Delay Reload by 30s to line up with 90s buffs
70265 avg

So surprisingly, in theory, it's actually worth delaying your buffs (Hawk's Eye + Blood for Blood + Wildfire + Rapid Fire) to line it up with Hypercharge + Reload, not what was expected at all. I also included delaying Raging Strikes by 240s instead of 180s, and it's also an increase of DPS. However, these conditions are assuming that you have 100% uptime on the enemies, and the buffs are all popped together, so to decide between Option 1 and Option 2 depends on the fight.

Inflated simulation numbers were throwing it off, the difference between Option 1 and 2 are minimal.

[MelvinK]

Hey, I modified the sim to run these two options for 270s each and here are the results:

Option 1: Delay all by 30s buffs so it lines up with Reload @ 120s
237248 avg

Option 2: Don't delay Reload or buffs and use them whenever they are up
234477 avg

Option 3: Delay Reload by 30s to line up with 90s buffs
193184 avg

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Hi OP,
it looks to me that option 1 and option 2 result in very similar in term of DPS then i dont think i will bother with option 1 since lining up cooldowns require effort and planning for that minuscule DPS gain. Might as well spend my effort on tracking procs. Isn't this a more practical approach? Are you able to determine how much is the contribution of cooldown DPS separately from the normal rotation 1-2-3 in term of overall DPS. With this, probably we can see if it is sensible to forgo option 1 such that effort spend on perfect response to procs is more of a DPS gain than DPS lose for option 2.

[Cascadi]

Hi OP,
it looks to me that option 1 and option 2 result in very similar in term of DPS then i dont think i will bother with option 1 since lining up cooldowns require effort and planning for that minuscule DPS gain. Might as well spend my effort on tracking procs. Isn't this a more practical approach? Are you able to determine how much is the contribution of cooldown DPS separately from the normal rotation 1-2-3 in term of overall DPS. With this, probably we can see if it is sensible to forgo option 1 such that effort spend on perfect response to procs is more of a DPS gain than DPS lose for option 2.

Yeah, Option 2 is indeed more practical. As for determining how much of a contribution buffed damage does vs the normal rotation, here it is below based off of 1000 simulations:

Buffed Potency (22s)
25s: 7748

Unbuffed Potency (68s)
65s: 15513

Total Potency (90s)
90s: 23261

So, your buffed burst of skills makes up roughly 33% of your damage and the regular 1-2-3 rotation makes up 67% of your damage.