The Machinist Handbook

[Tsilyi]

MCH doesn't have a rotation. They have a priority system Kind of like ENH Shaman from WoW. Whatever is Most Important to Least Important is what's used

rotation has been the standard word for the proper use of a class or job's abilities for a long time. it may not be precisely accurate for some classes in ffxiv, but it's not worth correcting. Also, in wow, there hasn't been a class with an actual rotation since at least before wrath of the lich king.

[Krissey]

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It's actually worth notating though. A rotation (like Dragoon, which is set in a very specific order for maximum efficiency) and a priority system (like MCH which just has a lot of random procs, filler and cool downs) are different. A Dragoon can only do his rotation in that very specific way for maximum DPS, but a MCH is a loose confederacy of moves that are used whenever they're proc'd from most important to least important with a very specific pattern in between (burst phases). Much like ENH Shaman in MoP was popping ascendency and going ham then just hitting whatever hit for the most damage as it came off cool down until your next burst phase.

They're very different. Although they have been used as synonyms they're not particularly when you get down into the very specifics of their definitions.

[Alchemii]

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This is exactly why I put down that it has the vague idea of a rotation. As you do need to do the wildfire burst every 90sec, which that in itself is the rotation. Mch does have a set pattern, it's just the set pattern is spread out over a much longer period of time than any other classes rotation, and anything done between the pattern is all on priority.