Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

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What gear are you using? Hive weapon? The really high parses are from characters almost geared out to the max. The 190 weapon really adds dps too. Other than that, make sure you have GB on every time you apply leadshot. I parse at 900ish at 173. No hive weapon.

[SuzakuCMX]

Just using the i180 weapon, no hive yet. Otherwise 183 in total.

I just can't see the hive weapon being that high of a difference as such I'm being more critical on myself.

Hive Musketoon Item
Physical Damage: 65
Magic Damage: 50
Delay: 2.64
Auto-Attack: 57.2
DPS: 21.67

Kunitomo Kai
Physical Damage: 63
Magic Damage: 49
Delay: 2.64
Auto-Attack: 55.44
DPS: 21

2 weapon damage is a lot, it also has 8 more DEX and 10 more VIT and a ton more SS. We don't know how much DET is worth because it was apparently severely nerfed in 3.0, so it's likely that the DET difference in the two weapons is a lot less than the SS, Dex, and WD differences total.

So go for the Hive weapon or stop complaining about how your DPS is lower than other MCH's.