Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[Tranquil]

Thanks for the guide, OP. Gonna level this soon and very interested in it. Read and profiled the whole thread for now. Have a +1!

[Kairei]

So I had an idea guys, what if Gauss barrel is only meant for us to use for the opener, *and* for Wildfire duration? Since Wildfire captures total damage done over 15 seconds and then uses 25% of that to determine it's own damage, that would mean Ricochet and Gauss Round would increase it's effectiveness. What keyed me onto this idea was that I noticed Rapid Fire and Wildfire both share the same CD, 90 seconds. So it could be designed for you to use rapid fire to equip Gauss barrel quickly, then unload in 15 seconds, then drop Gauss Barrel until the next rapid/wild fire.

[Dragn]

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Here's a snippet from reddit where we would actually have a problem if the guy is correct with his assumption.

This seems well thought out, kudos. Only issue is (I believe and not confirmed) that the instant cast that 'Gauss Barrel' receives with Wild Fire is a glitch and will probably be fixed with tonight's hot fixes.
'Gauss Barrel' is an ABILITY (not a Weapon Skill) and 'Wild Fire' is suppose to only reduce weapon skills, and if 'Guass Barrel' is ALREADY active then it eliminates the cast time of a Weapon Skill not ability.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tation/csfnqo8

He's talking about Rapid Fire, made a typo in his text I guess.

[Kairei]

Here's a snippet from reddit where we would actually have a problem if the guy is correct with his assumption.



https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...tation/csfnqo8

He's talking about Rapid Fire, made a typo in his text I guess.

Well, looks like it wasn't a glitch, or if it was, they haven't caught it! Just tested rapid fire on Gauss Barrel and still instaprocs it as normal!

[Cascadi]

Well, looks like it wasn't a glitch, or if it was, they haven't caught it! Just tested rapid fire on Gauss Barrel and still instaprocs it as normal!

I think it is a glitch, because when you use Rapid Fire and summon chocobo/cast Return/cast Teleport etc it has no cast. Can someone try lbing after Rapid Fire as well to see if LB has no cast either? lol