Quote Originally Posted by Moomba33 View Post
Are you attacking enemies that are higher level than you?
When attacking a higher level target you have a chance to miss. Missing will cause combos to break and resources to not be generated.
Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
You will always see the yellow thing unless you either did the combo wrong, or the attack missed. Attacks miss if an enemy is higher level sometimes, or if you got a blind buff, which happens in some old, optional ARR and Heavensward content.

Getting a cartridge depends on the level you synced to.
Thank you both, that was exactly the problem. I was fucking around with my rotation in the overworld on enemies 10 levels higher than starting gunbreaker. I didn't even realize there was an accuracy mechanic in this game. I've always been severely overleveled so I never noticed missing