MCH vs BRD (And why MCH need serious help)

[Cetonis]

I'd like to see less focus on a perfect WF

Honest question - why is this the "focus"? In 3.x, centering everything on WF made sense because it wasn't just about WF but also the up to four other damage cooldowns you had in tandem with it, totaling up to some +84% bonus damage beyond 25% from WF. It was about milking a massive burst phase, moreso than WF in particular.

But looking at things now, WF appears to range from 4.25 to 5.75% of a MCH's dps (even on bad runs). The apparent takeaway is that getting super caught up in trying to build perfect WF's is a minor optimization at best, and a significant loss at worst if you make enough sacrifices in the process.

[Elnidfse]

But looking at things now, WF appears to range from 4.25 to 5.75% of a MCH's dps (even on bad runs). The apparent takeaway is that getting super caught up in trying to build perfect WF's is a minor optimization at best

Think of WF as an extension of your overall damage. With a good rotation, the closer you get to 6% the better your overall damage is. Your damage is high regardless because of a rotation in which CDs are sync'd. During the time of setup, your wildfire window is also in the buff windows of other jobs and our own, so you're pushing your big damage at the time of most burst CDs to get higher overall damage. The Wildfire explosion at the end is just a cherry on top.

It's not the case that we're doing a subpar rotation around a WF. It just so happens that the optimal rotation lines up every time with our wildfire and we push ourselves a tiny nudge using an OGCD to optimize it because why not.