Thread: 3.2 PvP: Feast Game Mode Discussion Thread.

Originally Posted by AdamZ

Believe Farshot is 170 and Enhanced Farshot II makes it 200 not 240, unless what I am reading is dated.

Was assuming an instant skill could hit 3 times in one GCD, i.e. get 3 hits off in 2.5 seconds, on Rapid Fire. Not the same as Bards directly but damage output/result is similar. Rapid Fire period damage to 580 from 660 I noted (assuming split, slug clean, with ammo). Correct that I nerf'ed hard on Gauss Round. Don't claim to be a Mech expert by any means.

Your information is outdated; They buffed farshot in 3.25 so it's 200(240) potency.

The functionality of rapid fire is different from barrage, yeah. It's still over the course of 3 seconds though with a 1 second GCD, and the best setup is a clean-slug-clean, which requires 2 GCDs previously to set up those procs (and a minimum of 4 ammo to maximize damage). It's comparable to BRD's output, but it also needs to be taken into consideration that some of MCH's skills aren't conventional as bards. Specifically, ricochet which gets diluted damage with more targets (including faries and egis), it loses 100 potency just from having another target within range. Combine that with the lack of utility like peaeon, a lack of synergy with DoTs for pressure, and no self-healing wiht little self-preservation skills, burst damage was honestly the last thing that MCH needed a nerf in relation to what BRD can do.