Machinist needs serious attention

[Ramath]

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...ut_the_mchbrd/

That answers your question.

It's nice to know the Japanese players are also complaining about a lot of the same changes we are. Not that I want them to be miserable, mind you. I just know that due to simple language/translation issues, their comments can get addressed much sooner than we do over here. So hopefully their voices will drive SE to make needed changes sooner than we can.

[XgungraveX]

quick question why keep on gb for that whole time? isnt 20% dmg auto attack? im just asking because on my mch 176i i only use gb during a burst cd after im done with my rotation i take off because rapid fire insta puts it back on after waiting 2mins for cds to come back

[LittleArrow]

quick question why keep on gb for that whole time? isnt 20% dmg auto attack? im just asking because on my mch 176i i only use gb during a burst cd after im done with my rotation i take off because rapid fire insta puts it back on after waiting 2mins for cds to come back

You don't keep GB on full time. From recorded numbers on Reddit, you lose damage with it on. GB / WM was supposed to drastically increase our damage to put us on par with blackmages from what I was told a dev said. However, 20% is insanely low in terms of damage. Auto attacks have been recorded to do more than 20%. The other problem is the cast times are too long. You could put out far more damage without it than with it. That's why you should keep it off unless you have rapid fire.

In other words, don't use GB unless you have rapid fire for burst, then take it off as soon as possible to prevent DPS loss.

[XgungraveX]

You don't keep GB on full time. From recorded numbers on Reddit, you lose damage with it on. GB / WM was supposed to drastically increase our damage to put us on par with blackmages from what I was told a dev said. However, 20% is insanely low in terms of damage. Auto attacks have been recorded to do more than 20%. The other problem is the cast times are too long. You could put out far more damage without it than with it. That's why you should keep it off unless you have rapid fire.

In other words, don't use GB unless you have rapid fire for burst, then take it off as soon as possible to prevent DPS loss.

im aslo told that rapid fire to insta gb is a bug

[Velhart]

im aslo told that rapid fire to insta gb is a bug

If it is a bug, then much less reason to use it.

[Shneibel]

im aslo told that rapid fire to insta gb is a bug

hopefully not

edit: just read the description again, rapid fire suppose to reduce cast time by 1.5, so even with rapid fire buff enable, all the skill with GB on should not be instant cast, they still have 1 sec cast time and GB equip should be 1,5 sec cast time and not instant

[juntaru]

Most likely a bug though... instant cast with rapid fire is only supposed to happen when GB is on. When you cast rapid fire then gaus barrel, it casts it instant, rather than reducing its cast time as it should be doing.

So yeah, in next patch, expected a NERF. /joy

(going back to level another dps... just in case)

[Shhikasan]

having played bard for most of my ARR time only switching to play nin when it came out. I was pretty hyped for another take on the range dps only to get hammered into wanna be mage class that does less dmg then everything but pld.

Im still Sticking it out thou just cleared Bismarck and ravana ex. since ravana ex is more of a mechanic heavy fight with bit less dps checks.

I frankly will not put Gauss on outside the burst rotation. and they better dam well in the incoming buff give us back free movement and auto attacks.

[Zied]

I like MCH, but the proc chance on our simple combo moves sort of ruins the momentum while playing it. I would really like it if they make wildfire damage show up with the white damage numbers so we can clearly see it, and it will let us (or me) feel the satisfaction of creating a big damage number.

[FantasyForever]

The quickest fix they could probably do. . . and hopefully do before Alexander, is to buff WM/GB to bring us on par with other ranged dps. (blm and smn)