Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[SuzakuCMX]

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The reason I'm not understanding your question is because you shouldn't be having to use more than one oGCD between casts when you're not setting up for Wildfire burst.

My normal keypresses for stuff is

Split Shot (Quick Reload) > Split Shot when Quick Reload isn't up [Slug Shot if procc'ed; happens 50% of the time] (1st oGCD damage) > Slug Shot [Clean Shot if proc'd] (Reload) > Split Shot (2nd oGCD damage) > Slug Shot (Reassemble) > Clean Shot (3rd oGCD damage) > Split Shot (4th oGCD damage) > Slug Shot > Clean Shot

This is just because it feels better and adds to the flow of the class for me. You can fit 2 oGCDs into a proc with GB up because it becomes instant, but then I find myself frantically mashing buttons which throws me off my game.

The overall DPS increase/decrease for delaying oGCD damage vs. clipping your next cast for a second oGCD is probably less than 25 DPS over the current fights, but it really messes up the flow of the class. I assume part of the reason it affected other classes so much pre-HW was because rotations were very strict with reapplying buffs/debuffs and DoTs, so if you had to delay your combo by an extra second to get another Jump in, your Disembowel would fall off before you get to the combo, your Heavy Thrust falls off in the middle of your combo, your Phlebotomize and Chaos Thrust fall off and you miss a tick every time, etc.