Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[RiceisNice]

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The 990 was right after wildfire ended, which inflates the numbers a bit. He was also using blanks off cooldown, it's something to consider if you're full time GBing. Then there's potting and food buff.

As for the pattern thing, the same can be said for any other class. The difference is the payoff for working your ass off to get the optimal damage rotation.

Anyone have any parses to compare the rotations for "Always on Gauss Barrel" vs Gauss Barrel only on during the Wildfire boost rotation?

R.I.P. Rapid Fire + Gauss Barrel - To me you were a feature, not a bug.

I did around 830-850 on average with gauss bursting and party buff. Full time gauss was around 800-810 on average.

The problem with full time GB is that you need to use round and ricochet off cooldown to barely break even for the auto attack loss...but at 20/60 seconds respectively, it doesn't align with wildfire. If you were just using it off burst, you'd only be using gauss/rico every 90 seconds with wildfire, but you also have auto attacks to make up inbetween.

[arctic]

I did around 830-850 on average with gauss bursting and party buff. Full time gauss was around 800-810 on average.

Thanks! If you don't mind me asking what rotation are you following for your Gauss Bursting? I'm in search of a new one, I might be able to move Gauss to the start of my current one, but I'm always looking for something a little better.

[RiceisNice]

Thanks! If you don't mind me asking what rotation are you following for your Gauss Bursting? I'm in search of a new one, I might be able to move Gauss to the start of my current one, but I'm always looking for something a little better.

There's really nothing else for yo uto do after you burned everything in gauss burst. It's just keeping reload, blank, graze and quick reload off cooldown and using it whenever they come up. I also like to try to use my quick reloads for split shot rather than slug shot, and not waste ammo on clean shots unless its with reassemble.

Turret included?

Turret is included. It's merged with my numbers.

[Elizabeth]

I did around 830-850 on average with gauss bursting and party buff. Full time gauss was around 800-810 on average.

Turret included?

[Ephier]

Also with the changes seeing as how we are going to be going to gauss barrel only soon might as well start having a look at the rotation. The opener from the OP remain almost the same but with a few minor tweaks. This is just how it works out in my head, no math was done for this, would anyone mind helping me tweak it up a bit

60 sec Pre-Pull
-Reload
30 sec Pre-Pull
-Quick Reload
4 sec Pre-Pull
-Rook Autoturret (if more Physical DPS than Magical DPS, if otherwise, Bishop Autoturret)
2 sec Pre-Pull
(no quelling here cause feint)*
1 sec Pre-Pull
-quick reload*
-Rapid fire*
-Raging Strikes
Pull

-Dexterity Potion
-Hawk's Eye
Hot Shot
-Blood for Blood
-Hypercharge
Lead Shot
-Wildfire
Split Shot
-Ricochet
-Gauss Round
Slug Shot
-Blank
-Reassemble
Clean Shot
-Head Graze
-Reload*
Split Shot

* denotes what changed. Mainly moved rapid fire to the prepull to make hot shot, lead shot and the first slug shot instant cast as to not have to deal with cast time for the beginning of the pull. This also allows you to double pop OGCDs without dipping to much into your GCD.

[Massterchef]

-Dexterity Potion
-Hawk's Eye
Hot Shot
-Quick Reload
-Blood for Blood
-Hypercharge
Lead Shot

You do realize quick reloading before leadshot is a waste of ammo right?

[Ephier]

You do realize quick reloading before leadshot is a waste of ammo right?

Whups the typo.

[Massterchef]

Whups the typo.

I'm not sure about the OPs opening rotation but quick reload before hotshot or leadshot is ammo wasted on a noncombo skill. It should be used after both leadshot and hotshot in every rotation.

[Ephier]

I'm not sure about the OPs opening rotation but quick reload before hotshot or leadshot is ammo wasted on a noncombo skill. It should be used after both leadshot and hotshot in every rotation.

I know. I fixed it. '-' My apologies for not proof reading. In the current opener it is used to refresh the 5 ammo stacks you will start the fight with. You will have 5 more ammo to use after the opener and quick reload will be available shortly before you use up the 5 ammo you receive from the mid fight reload, but you won't be able to use it immediately because you need to refresh hot shot and lead shot. If that makes sense.

[Cascadi]

Really disappointed in the Rapid Fire + Gauss Barrel fix, but it was expected. I've updated the simulator to include this change as well as potions and crit % assuming the crit formula is still roughly 1.5x potency, and from comparing different openers with this cast time change, there is a new one that is theoretically the highest potency now that is in the guide.