Machinist damage increase.

[Lilith_Merquise]

TBH, I'm just worried they are going to take the cheap route out, and buff Turret Damage or Speed for more "Consistent" damage. I would love to see an increase in proc rates or even CD Reduction / Damage Boost of OGCD abilities like Ricochet and Gauss Round to be more on par with BRD. That would be nice, but I honestly think it's just going to be a turret buff.

[RiceisNice]

I would definitely like for the turrets to be more involved in gameplay, and I don't mean a flat damage increase. It adds just as much depth to the job as ninja poison does, and it really feels like its inconsequential or no presence when to only hitting for 350.... And not in a way you'd notice it unless it's bishop

[Lilith_Merquise]

^^ Yep it's basically the SMN "Egi" of MCH. It really means nothing and the only time it's beneficial is when you can hypercharge it and give weaknesses (which frankly DOESN'T come up enough, and really should be on a faster timer to b more useful). Personally I wish that they made a "Pawn" Turret that does what the current "Rook" Turret does, and then make the Rook dispense a regen effect and when Hypercharged boosts party wide defense/resistance. It would serve 0 Offensive purpose, but there are times where it would be nice if MCH could aid in some way to healing at the sacrifice of some DPS. I'm not talking a game braking regen or even one that rivals WHM/AST, I'm just saying something that would make MCH a bit more versatile rather then a peg in a DPS hole that it doesn't even fit very well to begin with.

[CGMidlander]

Nah you're right, it doesn't feel like 50% at all..if it was it would proc a lot more than it does.

I wouldn't blame someone for feeling that way.
I did some testing and it doesn't seem close to 50%. (Granted, the sample size could be larger than 545 shots)



(33.58%)



EDIT: And here's some data from spamming Slug Shot


(25.4%)

[Ephier]

45 second reload. 45 second ricochet. A small potency increase on lead shot. Hypercharge 90s. Thank you very much. Please.

[Shurrikhan]

Could have just made Hotshot deal damage based on number of missed procs or the like if RNG was the only issue. Shit luck --> just one-shot an add with it.

[Myon88]

45 second reload. 45 second ricochet. A small potency increase on lead shot. Hypercharge 90s. Thank you very much. Please.

45s is really our magic number, I don't know who thought it would be a good idea for Wildfire to be on a 1.5m cd while most of our cooldowns are either 1 or 2m.

[Velhart]

They could just make Split > Slug > Clean a standard 1 > 2 > 3 combo and just adjust the potency to work with it. That would help sustained damage. Don't think it would affect other abilities either. Ammo can still work to increase potency. It just sucks when you hit the button a lot and doesn't proc after 4-5 shots.

[Archaell]

Could have just made Hotshot deal damage based on number of missed procs or the like if RNG was the only issue. Shit luck --> just one-shot an add with it.

I could live with hot shot increasing the proc rate +25% to 75%. At least it would be more probable to hit than miss and there would be something more than simple damage increase to it.

Or increase the split shot to 100%, so that we spam 1,2,1,2 instead of 1,1,1,1 when the RNG is bad.

[ChloeGrace]

They need to get rid of RNG from the rotation completely, perhaps with reduced potencies to balance it out.
I spend way too much time staring at my hotbar checking to see if the button is lit up.
People want to be able to predict their DPS within a reasonable margin. MCH is anything but.

If PLD had to rely on procs for their combos, no one would ever play it again.