Thread: 4.0 MCH is Weak

Originally Posted by Elnidfse

You're not supposed to overheat every WF. you use FT to enter 90 heat to double cooldown and only overheat when BS is up.
1) Flamethrower removes your AA, which results in lower single target damage
2) Overheating every wildfire without FT is unrealistic.

Yes, I know. I'm saying it's clear that Square WANTS us to use Flamethrower so we can overheat for every wildfire. But Flamethrower is a Shadowflare that clips into about 3 GCDs for only 10 more potency.

Using Flamethrower at ALL is a massive dps loss. The only time Overheating isn't AT BEST a net gain of 0% dps (Considering it's 10% for 10 seconds, 0% for 10 seconds) is when you're using Wildfire and have Barrel Stabilizer to heat back up in the same OGCD you put Gauss Barrel back on. Using Flamethrower to reheat in this manner is still a dps loss.

Originally Posted by Ryaz

True, but you're still looking at 600 potency total over 10 seconds in a cone with a one minute cool down and you can't move or attack during that time. Samurai's Guren does 800 potency (and more if you catch multiple enemies) oGCD, albeit with twice the cool down, but it also doesn't stop our rotation and have to worry about mechanics canceling it out. Heck, Higanbana, our 1 Sen Iajutsu, buffed with Kaiten does 1,410 potency over that same one minute of time (though only to 1 target). ((240+(35*20))x1.5=1410.

You should never do this. All 10 seconds leads to an Overheat, a massive DPS loss. Unless you're going for a really heavy burn phase that uses Hypercharge, and Bishop overcharge. (which would be like 1 full minute before your DPS is anything but terrible again.)

Flame thrower is actually terrible. For the reason stated in your next sentence.