Machinist extinction in 4.0?

[Brill_]

Get rid of gauss barrell and I'd play MCH

[Yeol]

Get rid of gauss barrell and I'd play MCH

Unlike BRD, MCH was designed with Gauss Barrell in mind. If you read its tool tips.

Here are some examples:
"Gauss Barrel Effect: Next Slug Shot will have no cast time"
"Gauss Barrel Effect: Next Clean Shot will have no cast time"
"Gauss Barrel Effect: Weaponskills will have no cast time"

"Can only be executed with a Gauss Barrel attached" (Instant abilities)
- Gauss Round
- Ricochet

And honestly, I love it.

[Rysir]

Unlike BRD, MCH was designed with Gauss Barrell in mind. If you read its tool tips.

Here are some examples:
"Gauss Barrel Effect: Next Slug Shot will have no cast time"
"Gauss Barrel Effect: Next Clean Shot will have no cast time"
"Gauss Barrel Effect: Weaponskills will have no cast time"

Is that really anything special though?

As long as you got ammo in and are lucky with the 50% procs when ammo is down then gauss barrel MCH is not much different than pre gauss barrel MCH with the notable difference being gauss is much slower to reroll for slug shot procs and hotshot, lead shot slow things down.

If gauss barrel was only a +30% damage buff then MCH would be putting out more damage and MUCH faster even with the crappy RNG due to the more rapid rerolls for procs.
Gauss barrel is why the RNG feels extra painful compared to pre gauss barrel since you change from instant cast to a cast time which is one reason why it can be really off putting.