Lock and Load: The Reassembled Machinist Guide

[Caitlyn]

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Thank you for your help. I think I can change the position of Hypercharge a little bit, but I m not sure why it is so important, that Rapidfire must be in a specific place? I mean, does it really makes a huge difference when I use it for my 1st and 2nd combo, instead of my 2nd and 3rd combo?

In your rotation, you have 1 weaponskill less compared to my rotation.

[Myon88]

Basically you want rapid fire to be before the split-slug-split section, since that makes the most use out of the charges. Other weaponskills become instant with ammo procs, so all rapid fire does is make them fire faster. Split shot will always have a cast time no matter what, so using rapid fire to remove the cast time is a larger benefit.

You did that correctly too in your opener. The catch however is that it's not possible to start the Wildfire sequence with split-slug-split as the first 3 weaponskills, because as you can see, there's no way to fit rapid fire after lead shot and before wildfire without clipping the GCD. There's only room to weave 1 ability after lead shot, and it must be reload.

For the 1 less weaponskill, I'm not able to get that last Slug Shot/8th weaponskill in your Wildfire either. In your video it looks extremely close, and generally due to latency, weaponskills that hit the target when Wildfire has <1s left don't actually get added to the damage.

That said, if you're able to (maybe you have a really good 5 ms ping connection to the server), that means you can get an 8th weaponskill in the opener I listed too, so they are the same in that regard.

[Yeol]

I'm aiming for http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/XK52 - shying away from SkillSpeed and bringing acc to only where it needs to be~

The total weight of my set is 3058.036
The total weight of your set is 3059.454

Your set gave me an idea to rework on mine and got total weight 3061.306
I kept all pre-made sets in my blog

[Id_Slayer]

The total weight of my set is 3058.036
The total weight of your set is 3059.454

Your set gave me an idea to rework on mine and got total weight 3061.306
I kept all pre-made sets in my blog

I like that! Forgot the shire bracelet is slightly more effective for the stats we want. I wish we could dump more acc but it looks like this is the best we can get for this patch.

[Caitlyn]

For the 1 less weaponskill, I'm not able to get that last Slug Shot/8th weaponskill in your Wildfire either. In your video it looks extremely close, and generally due to latency, weaponskills that hit the target when Wildfire has <1s left don't actually get added to the damage.

That said, if you're able to (maybe you have a really good 5 ms ping connection to the server), that means you can get an 8th weaponskill in the opener I listed too, so they are the same in that regard.

Actually, my gear (ilvl 253) is based on Crit (1.171) > Skillspeed (1.039) > Determination (256). I know, I m weird : P

I can put a 8th weaponskill without problems in my burst rotation. That means, let us take 8 weaponskills in total. 3 of them are under the effect of rapidfire (no cast, 1,5 GCD). 4 weaponskills are using ammunition, while 1 weaponskill must be casted.

1. Splitshot (Rapidfire) -> 1,5s GCD
2. Slugshot (Rapidfire, Ammunition) -> 1,5s GCD
3. Splitshot (Rapidfire) -> 1,5s GCD
4. Cleanshot (Ammunition) -> 2,24s GCD instead of 2,5
5. Slugshot (Ammunition) -> 2,24s GCD (see above)
6. Cleanshot (Ammunition) -> 2,24s GCD
7. Splitshot (Cast) -> 1,34s Casttime instead of 1,5s
8. Slugshot (Ammunition) -> 2,24s

Total: 14,8 seconds instead of 16 seconds

Wildfire is active for 15 seconds. Sure, it is very close, but as far wildfire is up, any skill count (in my opinion) ^^.

[Myon88]

Yes, if you have that much skillspeed, you'll be able to get an 8th weaponskill in all other openers as well, In the one I posted, it'll be an extra Clean Shot at the end.

Whether the extra weaponskill in Wildfire outweighs the loss of other stats (det in your case) overall is a different matter, but I don't feel qualified to look into that right now. If it works for you, then go for it.

[medeses]

Your 7. weaponskill doesnt make sense.
Its gcd is still 2.24s. The cast time doesnt matter since its not your last shot.

[Caitlyn]

Yes, if you have that much skillspeed, you'll be able to get an 8th weaponskill in all other openers as well, In the one I posted, it'll be an extra Clean Shot at the end.

That extra Clean Shot is not garanteed, because you have no stacks of ammunition left. Its only a 50% chance to put that 8th weaponskill into it.

Your 7. weaponskill doesnt make sense.
Its gcd is still 2.24s. The cast time doesnt matter since its not your last shot.

Please watch my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlgP6dbnCY
Just count it by yourself, if you dont believe me.

[Myon88]

It will be Clean/Split depending on whether you get a proc or not, but the 8th weaponskill will be there. The reason yours has no RNG with weaponskills is because they only get used after the Wildfire has begun. If you look back to the rotation I posted, the first one gets used before Wildfire, hence my 7th weaponskill is actually your 8th weaponskill.

And that goes back to the issue of the triple weave GCD clipping between Lead Shot and Wildfire, because there's no way to avoid clipping, if you start a wildfire with a rapid fire'd split-slug-split being the first 3 weaponskills.

[Deus_ex_Machina]

I don't know if this will help but there is a "rough estimate" of mch stat weight out there. And priorities aren't so different from 3.2. CRT>>DET>>SKS

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...or_34/d9flsoc/