Thread: Question about MCH after 4.06

Originally Posted by Lastelli

Actually, many mch don't use reload during wildfire (but do use reassemble).
Check this video, maybe you'll like the first opener and rotation shown here.

Ah, I just kind of assumed they did with the 323cdcd rotation. I assumed they hit Reload at the beginning so that the two Cleans and the Slug got the potency buff on top of the Reassemble for one of the Cleans. I'll take a look at that video and see what they do.

I've always had trouble actually following openers. I usually just wing it and get the desired effect (although most definitely not optimally, but it works for every game I've played, including this and WoW). That's the reason why I've always not cared for the 2 or 5 ammo openers from 3.x, and now the 2 and 3 ammo openers in 4.x. I've never really cared for having to set something up before the fight so that I can hit the optimal order of buttons every time. Like with Monk and it's Chakras and Form Shift. I hate mashing Chakra 5 times, and Form Shifting into Coeurl Form, before every single fight just so it can be perfectly optimal and get like maybe 2-5% more DPS. Getting the ammo for the MCH openers always feels like that. I don't mind it when I'm just running through a dungeon and there's time between packs, but at the start of a trial or something quick, it just feels annoying and not fun to do every time. Like I'm trying to be an efficient machine when I do it and not just playing the game for fun.

So generally I usually just wing it (like I said, I'm pretty casual and don't plan on min/maxing or anything lol) and I'm good at knowing the main intricacies of a class and it's mechanics, but the instant I look at an opener my brain just has a hard time getting down a specific 15-20+ button order. Like with Bard, I pretty much just apply my DoT's, apply Wanderer's Minuet, apply Straight Shot buff, and then just wing it from there with my CD's, occasionally swapping songs as they run out (except I clip Army's Paeon with WM when Mages Ballad has 30 second left on it's CD). Also occasionally using Iron Jaws to make sure the DoTs don't fall off. It's simple and I don't have a specific order other than DoT's into Song into SS then wing the rest of the fight.