Lock and Load: The Reassembled Machinist Guide

[KarstenS]

You might get the second Chimera spawn

I've heard (never seen) that after this one there will come one more bomb mechanic. So it should be enough time I think.

[Wintersandman]

Out of curiosity what should I be seeing my wildfire procs hit for at about 220? Without DRG or NIN I hit 9-10k. I want to make sure I am where I need to be.

[Aeliott]

Out of curiosity what should I be seeing my wildfire procs hit for at about 220? Without DRG or NIN I hit 9-10k. I want to make sure I am where I need to be.

9-10k sounds accurate without any external help.

[Mrtll743]

Hey new to the thread here bit what's the most efficient play style as a much , i ask cause I've seen people constantly use quick reload and store up ammo as opposed to waiting till split shot procs the going reload. Also kinda have my own take on an opener which is as follows:
Gauss barrel on
Hot shot(raging strikes)
Lead shot(b4b,he,hyper,reload, wildfire)
Split shot(gauss rnd)
Slug shot(ricochet,reassemble)
Cleanshot(head graze,rapid fire quick reload)
Split shot
Slug shot (blank)
Clean shot
Feint (remove GB) reapply hot&lead shot
Wild fire goes off for anywhere between 75-8k
This probably isn't optimal but its one I can perform consistently

[Aeliott]

^Generally it's better to not wait for Enhanced Slug Shot before you quick reload, better to just keep Quick on cooldown since it's so short and use it on Split if nothing's proc'd.

As for that opener, you want to get all your buffs up before Lead Shot since it's (by far) the strongest skill we have

[vp_cmc]

Does anyone have link to current mch stat weights?

[Aiurily]

trying a new opener, but getting inconsistencies

if people can test, that'd be great~

test is

(gauss off) (Hypercharge) Slug Shot
(gauss off) (Hypercharge) Hot Shot

in some areas, i can get 7 shots of hypercharge on the hot shot tests. but in others, i can only get 6, despite no timing differences. i wonder if it's just me as a latency/ping thing or if its just the game being weird

edit: actually, testing it again, even in my regular opener that i got 7 shots in a while ago, 6 shots vs 7 shot HC is being inconsistent.. weird

[OneWingedSora]

trying a new opener, but getting inconsistencies

if people can test, that'd be great~

test is

(gauss off) (Hypercharge) Slug Shot
(gauss off) (Hypercharge) Hot Shot

in some areas, i can get 7 shots of hypercharge on the hot shot tests. but in others, i can only get 6, despite no timing differences. i wonder if it's just me as a latency/ping thing or if its just the game being weird

edit: based on location/instance apparently. tested on middle noscea 12 times, never gotten 7 , tested in lavander beds 10 times 6 of them gotten 7, 4 gotten 6 shots. weird.

edit: actually, testing it again, even in my regular opener that i got 7 shots in a while ago, 6 shots vs 7 shot HC is being inconsistent.. weird

It's based on server tick I am guessing. tested it with 350 sskp and got 6 shots sometimes and 7 shots other times, 250 ping so not latency based either.

edit: seems to be location/instance based. tested it in middle LNS, never gotten 7 shots in 12 tries. Tested it in lavander beds, gotten 7 shots 6 times and 6 shot 4 times. pretty weird.

[Myon88]

I recall someone mentioning (think it was Ephier) back at the start of 3.2 that they were having trouble getting 7 shot hypercharges - but only in some zones like La Noscea or something funny like that. Heh, I wonder if there's something funny going on at the server end, I'll take a look for myself when I log in later.

[Aeliott]

Does anyone have link to current mch stat weights?

I can't find the source, but people seem to be using:
WD: 13
Crit: 0.21
Det: 0.174
SS: 0.106

Sounds reasonable