Quote Originally Posted by Stormfur View Post
And I think that pigeon-holing DPS into tiny windows is the "gimmick" of machinist. I wish it weren't that way. Maybe ZKI can correct me because he's a diehard MCH, but it definitely seems like EVERYTHING revolves around wildfire, and that dps otherwise is pretty flat-line. Monk relies on an over-abundance of positionals. Does anyone who mains those classes feel like it's too much? Or is that part of the thrill of it?
Can confirm, MCH is Wildfire and Wildfire is MCH. You want all your cooldowns to line up to put you in prime position to get the strongest Wildfire you can every time. That said, even though the peak damage is wildfire, and MCH slows down besides, it's a bit welcome as it allows me to use utility oGCDs like Palisade, Dismantle, or Mana Song.

It's also nice how everything lines up on the minute-to-minute--15s cd on Rapid Reload and Gauss Round, 30s cd on Reload, 60s on Wildfire, 120s on Hypercharge and Overload.