Lock and Load: The Reassembled Machinist Guide

[ElasmoFan]

I've been rather mixed. I'm in a position where I don't think I'll be doing Thordan or Savage anytime soon because of my work schedule not letting me get a static so I'm sure this gun will be useful but at the same time I don't like the look and I with the amount of effort going in and the stat currently being meh, I almost feel working on another job's weapon would be a little more useful to me. There's just this completionist part of me that wants to do everything for my machinist because that's my main and focus before I do anything with my other jobs. It's also why I use my weekly eso upgrade on accessories when it would probably be more useful on main gear for my other job.

Also, this is a little random to what people are talking about, but for those machinists that play on controller, any chance you can throw in a picture of your cross bars or list them? I'm still trying to get a comfortable bar set up for myself.

Edit: Is it possible to work on the 3rd step for my machinist while getting the 200 weapon for another job? can I have multiple quests going at once or abandon another job's once it gets the 200 weapon and keep the matts for the 3rd step so that i'm workin on that slowly for my machinist while gearing up other jobs?

[RiceisNice]

It is entirely optional. I would only suggest doing it if you are someone who has to have the absolute BiS gear, assuming the new anima weapons let you customize stats in the future. MCH wise, the gun is inferior to Heavensfire from Thordan, which is much easier to obtain. The grind for these quests are so tedious and not fun and I can't recommend it to anyone unless they need that BiS.

Even for BiS, secondary stats end up being so miniscule that imo, I can't necessary justify the grind beyond doing it from daily tasks. The other option is for glamour, but Armageddon looks...bleh.

Especially when you slap a gauss barrel on it,

[mosaicex]

Don't know if this has been asked yet. But I want to know about Reload usage. Do I used it off cooldown or wait for another burst rotation along with Blood for blood, Hawkeye and Wildfire?

[rpm7182]

I have been trying to find a answer to a question regarding gear.

Is it ever worth losing Dexterity for better stated gear for any reason. I am not running Alex savage yet The gear in question is:

The 210 Eso Gloves( Dexterity +62 Vitality +66 Accuracy +58 Critical Hit Rate +41), For the Void Ark Glove (Dexterity +57 Vitality +60 Critical Hit Rate +53 Skill Speed +37) I can afford the loss in Acc.

The 210 Eso Boots (Dexterity +62 Vitality +66 Accuracy +41 Skill Speed +58) For the Void Ark Boots (Dexterity +57 Vitality +60 Accuracy +37 Determination +50)

Any Help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

[Griffeth]

Isnip for length

For the gloves you are looking at: -5 DEX -6 VIT -58 ACC +12 Crit +37 SkS - The loss of 5 dex might be worth it for the 12 crit, but probably not. SkS is not that great for us overall (unless you have tons of it)

For the boots you are looking at -5 DEX -6 VIT - 4 Acc -58 SkS +50 DET - This one might be worth it as DET increases out overall damage, but the loss of dex would have to be weighed against the %gain from DET.

[zandervont]

stuff

quick math shows that (using the weights on this page)
Eso gloves at 67,74 effective dex
VA gloves at 65,16 effective dex
Eso boots at 63,16 effective dex
VA boots at 63,25 effective dex

So in pure math the VA boots might be better (assuming acc cap + no need for extra vit). Seems like Eso gloves are still superior.

[zandervont]

stuffstuff

I like to think the mch cds as Bundles, as in:
-3R:s (Reload, Ricochet, Reassemble)
-WF (Hawk's Eye, Rapid Fire, Blood for Blood, Wildfire)
-the rest (Raging Strikes, Hypercharge)

You'll hit 3R + WF on every 2nd WF combo, delaying 3R (or even Reload) makes you use 1 less of each R:s every 3 minutes. So think if its better to use 2 Reloads or 3 Reloads every 3mins.

[mayonnegg]

Just checking, is the opener in the OP still the best?

[RinchanNau]

For opener potency starting with 5 ammo will be better. It offsets your reload for future odd number Wildfires, but I don't find it an issue in any of the current Alexander savage raids due to downtime between phases. Both options are perfectly fine and viable. Starting with 2 requires less time.

[mayonnegg]

Er, I was confused by that bit tbh. How do you preload 2? Can you squeeze in a second quick reload before the ammo falls off?