Shots Fired: A Machinist Guide

[Myon88]

hm ok then, if turret doesnt attack untill you attack, then wouldnt it be better to start off attacking with hot shot first?

If I understand this right, in this case you'll just be achieving the same thing as the method that casts buffs during the pre-pull period.

You start attacking the moment the boss is pulled too, but because you haven't casted any buffs yet, you have to do this GB-off thing to try and weave autoattack/turret damage in while casting your buffs. You can also turn GB-off for the first Hot Shot for the buff during pre-pull method, so that's an advantage both can use.

Also, those GCDs that you spend casting buffs aren't free too (even though you might be DPSing inbetween them). Reason being that someone who has already casted those buffs beforehand, can use those periods to weave damaging ogcds instead - allowing them to put things on cooldown faster, and cycle through the first use of them faster.

I suppose you could argue that if you activate them during the pre-pull period, by the time the boss is actually pulled and you attack, the first buff only has 17 seconds left, the second has 18 seconds, and so on. But activating them on the go will let autoattacks and turret shots benefit immediately from the 20s mark.

It's a bit more complicated than this though, because apart from Hot Shot, there isn't anything else in the opener you want GB to be off for. Definitely not Lead Shot, and all your 1-2-3 combo weaponskills are instant with procs from Reload/Quick Reload.