Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[arctic]

Cascadi during your tests were you able to determine what the minimum crit range was in order for Gauss Barrel to become effective to cycle in frequently? Or just have it stay on if possible?

[Cascadi]

Cascadi during your tests were you able to determine what the minimum crit range was in order for Gauss Barrel to become effective to cycle in frequently? Or just have it stay on if possible?

The minimum crit for GB to be better than no GB assuming that Ricochet was used whenever off CD was predicted to be around 10%, and the parses in game I've done seem to point that way as well. To show the true intent of what I think Square Enix intended with Gauss Barrel, go into an instance with Echo and parse, it will become really apparent that having Gauss Barrel on is big.

Here are two 4 minute parses with the same crit % with around the same number of procs used with i180 weapon, i160 belt + i170 rest left side and i160 earrings/ring + i170 ring/bracelets/neck, no party no food no pots. However, in practical fights at the moment, Gauss Barrel doesn't seem to be very viable as a couple of lost weaponskills will drag down the DPS. That's why Gauss Barrel needs a buff as well as Wanderer's Minuet for Bard.

w/ GB full time


w/ GB only on during opener + whenever Wildfire used