Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[Tsilyi]

Odowla, do you use QR to buff your last CS because buffs are dropping off or simply because you feel it is better to increase the potency of the last CS over guaranteeing a extra procced slug? Just trying to determine some of the slight variances between certain openers.

[Odowla]

Its because of the buffs.

[Lavieh]

I personally value the damage from Blank and Headgraze over the damage gained from QR.

If you think about it QR has a flat potency of 20 and at most will net you 40 extra potency. Though that 40 extra potency it nets you already has a 50% chance of being obtained without QR so that gives QR a value of ~40 Potency and 50 tp?

[Odowla]

Those still have buffs, they fall off before you get to cast the next split shot iirc

[Tsilyi]

Its because of the buffs.

That's what I figured. Originally I had QR paired with GB off after CS and my keybinds for those are... not helpful when combined in the same oGCD. Putting things the way you have it will actually help me both in a total WF potency increase as well as from a carpal tunnel standpoint... so that's good!

[Ryaz]

Yeah, I give up. I've tried every rotation and the more I practiced, it seemed the worse my damage got. Kept hitting around 6k and eventually dropped down to 5k, which is ridiculous for 190 gear and Eso weapon. Ill try again when I'm not exhausted from work. Plus, I seem to do better when I'm not trying. :/

Worst part is, my overall dps is usually fine and I'm near the top of the charts. Just can't seem to hit those big Wildfire numbers.

[Aiurily]

While you should probably be closer to 7-8K wildfires you gotta remember these guys are getting 10k in a full group. That means they are getting dragoon piercing, crit buff and possibly Nin buff if they have one . You should probably keep practicing your rotation as your probably clipping as well which slows down your opener.

10k+ atm is mostly extreme crit luck + nin+drg, or a2(s) with vuln debuffs

9k+ is pretty practical on opener with a full opener and litany; ta helps too

[MercuryD]

Yeah, I give up. I've tried every rotation and the more I practiced, it seemed the worse my damage got. Kept hitting around 6k and eventually dropped down to 5k, which is ridiculous for 190 gear and Eso weapon. Ill try again when I'm not exhausted from work. Plus, I seem to do better when I'm not trying. :/

This describes my feelings exactly...

[Velhart]

Yeah, I give up. I've tried every rotation and the more I practiced, it seemed the worse my damage got. Kept hitting around 6k and eventually dropped down to 5k, which is ridiculous for 190 gear and Eso weapon. Ill try again when I'm not exhausted from work. Plus, I seem to do better when I'm not trying. :/

Worst part is, my overall dps is usually fine and I'm near the top of the charts. Just can't seem to hit those big Wildfire numbers.

My biggest issue before I got the hang of it was getting all my abilities in the rotation off before Wildfire was done. Getting 8.5-9k Wildfires are easy and at times have gotten 9.5k-10k if the crits are heavily in my favor. Draconian HQ potions are expensive as hell though, so only use ones from chest give-a-ways and use X-Potions for now. This is all from getting buffs from the DRG and NIN also.

You should compare how fast it takes you to get your rotation off to someone who is hitting higher Wildfires. Even if crit is not in your favor, you should not be hitting 5k low Wildfires.

[Aiurily]

record yourself doing opener, look over it and check for GCD clip

then check for any other mistakes

you should really take wildfire numbers with a grain of salt. trick attack/litany/disembowel/dex pot/party buff all add significant increase to wildfire numbers, and food buffs too even. i hit maybe 7300 wildfires avg, +- 500 without all of those