Patch 4.05 Machinist Rotation: To Overheat or Not to Overheat? Here are my findings.

[Elnidfse]

I guess we all agree it's to get a spike of dmg in a short time when it's needed.
It's more than 300 potency on the moment. Like more than a free mono target Ricochet.

Gun-Cat, isn't it awesome to play machinist and feel like you have to play the engineer yourself to make your rotation works?

The main problem with trying to pull overheat as a burst cooldown is that it needs to align exactly when you would need to burn something. Somebody like the best MCH in the world will be able to make a fight plan but for the average MCH that's not something that's going to happen. That "burst" isn't on demand either. In an optimal rotation that burst will still require 10 seconds of buildup. If you're counting wildfire that's 21 second of buildup. Our turret does more damage in that time. It'd be easier if we had a button that flat out triggered an overheat but turret overdrive is probably going to still be more useful if you need on demand burst.

[Ossom]

It'd be easier if we had a button that flat out triggered an overheat but turret overdrive is probably going to still be more useful if you need on demand burst.

Yup. This is what I've been thinking. Similar to Stun Gun in PVP. Flamethrower needs to be reworked as an oGCD AoE and immediately send us to Overheat. This way you will always start your Wildfire Rotation by doing.

Wildfire > Flamethrower. The fact that they both include similar words (Flame and Fire) seems to even show that they should work this way.

[photometrik]

The main problem with trying to pull overheat as a burst cooldown is that it needs to align exactly when you would need to burn something. Somebody like the best MCH in the world will be able to make a fight plan but for the average MCH that's not something that's going to happen. That "burst" isn't on demand either. In an optimal rotation that burst will still require 10 seconds of buildup. If you're counting wildfire that's 21 second of buildup. Our turret does more damage in that time. It'd be easier if we had a button that flat out triggered an overheat but turret overdrive is probably going to still be more useful if you need on demand burst.

I've been thinking that they should change Gauss Barrel to be exactly this. Leave the heat gauge up permanently so we don't have to reapply it, and make it so Gauss Barrel is a temporary buff that instantly causes a MCH to overheat.

[MauvaisOeil]

I've been thinking that they should change Gauss Barrel to be exactly this. Leave the heat gauge up permanently so we don't have to reapply it, and make it so Gauss Barrel is a temporary buff that instantly causes a MCH to overheat.

Easier : Make reactivation gauss barrel, overcharging it and overheating, instead of de-ataching it.

There is not gameplay point to just drop the gauss barrel right now, it doesn't add anything except roleplay purpose (that I respect, as one of them. But that won"t make machinist great again).


Also, please make the gauss barrel hot red when overheating and not some kind of infrared rays emanating from me.