Issues with Machinist design

[Myon88]

ShB Wildfire, it’s an absolutely unsatisfying skill

It's really a shame what happened to wildfire (and the ranged in general but that's another story). Back in HW it was one of the hardest hitting skills in the game at that time. People geeked out over their wildfire numbers all the time like people talk about their midare crits now. That's what happens when you have potency creep over the years, and some skills don't keep up.

What happened back then was many players complained that too much of machinist damage was tied to wildfire, and it was stressful because if you messed up it hurt your dps really badly. In order to appease those players and make the job more accessible they shifted more of its damage to the 'easy' parts of its rotation and cut down wildfire, to the detriment of the veteran machinist players.

[CKNovel]

My biggest gripe with MCH? ShB Wildfire

Yep, that skill had a satisfying role but too much impact on MCH DPS on top of rng being too impactful.
Now it's an additionnal button with no satisfaction and little impact on MCH DPS.
Honestly they could halve its cooldown for more presence.

The heat gauge, in my opinion, is still a mess. High skillspeed is fun but not when it comes to spamming the same button.

[Kalise]

Yep, that skill had a satisfying role but too much impact on MCH DPS on top of rng being too impactful.
Now it's an additionnal button with no satisfaction and little impact on MCH DPS.
Honestly they could halve its cooldown for more presence.

To be fair, I've always wondered why they don't just bundle it in with Hypercharge. Given the way Wildfire works, you always want to use it with Hypercharge to get the most GCD's off in its duration.

Honestly, I also wonder why they don't simply make Wildfire into Hypercharge, so it boosts your damage (And/or fire rate) for the duration, then you eject your now overheated magazine and throw it at the enemy for the explosion. For not only a thematic approach, but also to consolidate the 2 burst CD's that typically get used together.

The heat gauge, in my opinion, is still a mess. High skillspeed is fun but not when it comes to spamming the same button.

Not to mention how it also makes the actual SkS stat really bad for MCH, meaning you're only allowed shorter GCD's during Hypercharge and nowhere else...

[Limonia]

I like the MCH heated shots animations, and also the others.

I also think MCH is much more fun than in SB. There are still some things that could be changed. Like maybe make Auto Crossbow an oGCD and make Flamethrower be the AoE during Hypercharge, and make is use a tool instead of just coming out of your weapon.

I don't like that the rook turret just gets replaced at 80, queen should have been extra. And bishop not removed completely. And didn't we have a 2nd AoE move back in HW? They could have brought that back and made AoE a combo (also, I liked the Dismantle animation).

I definitely don't miss Reload or having to manually place the turrets constantly. Or reapplying Gauss Barrel all the time.

[Jirah]

Agreed time to be petty