MCH too bursty?...

[RiceisNice]

Yeah but how exactly are you gonna know bte is coming or if its on cooldown aside from the opener of the match? You could panic purify a mch's bind scared shitless of an incoming bte and it turns out it was on cooldown anyway and he did it just to keep you away, meaning you were in no immediate danger of dying and therefore just wasted a purify.

Getting chased down for one. MCH does either a bind or a heavy, not both. Maybe it's because I'm a MCH main myself, but it's very obvious to see a MCH is getting ready to gun you down with BtE by their cooldown usage. Without any cooldowns, it's still relatively weak and by no means is going to kill anyone that's above 60% hp, even with a crit (and at that point, you're either dangerously close to dying that purify is a waste no matter what, or you're not in any danger of dying to begin with)

Fetter ward also only lasts 12 seconds, is easily indentifiable in the status bar, and has a minimum of 90 sec recast. It shouldn't be hard for mch to work around it anyway so im not sure why you wouldnt target a drg or mnk along with the nins.

The first few seconds of engagement is typically what sets the pacing of the game. If you can get a kill within the first few seconds of contact (especially on their enemy dps, because that means they do not the potential burst to kill off someone on your party). Waiting off the first contact or trying to survive through their burst typically is not an option you want to take either, depending on your composition (such as AST with WAR/DRK where your party lacks any strong shields). A synchronized burst is extremely important to get the kill on first contact (which is why I'm against going after a MNK or espesically a DRG first). Anything else outside of that though is fair game and is entirely on you to find an opportunity to burst