GNB ideal Skill Speed?

[Valic]

What should the aim for a GNB be?

[ArianeEwah]

I gotcha fam

For GNB a "comfy" SkS is 2.39-2.40 GCD to get your Gnashing/Continuation opener + DoTs while still able to weave in 3 Cartridge Burst Strikes in, I'm currently at 2.40/2.41 and I'm not having any issues with it with mostly DH in all my gear.

[...]2.4s looks perfect for a 60s rotation (25 GCDs).

Go for 2.39s if you have high ping, 2.4s and slower if you have good connection.

SkS value for 2.4s = 1320+

[mosaicex]

Go for 2.39s if you have high ping, 2.4s and slower if you have good connection

Can you explain the reasoning for this?

I've been doing some napkin rotation mapping and I found out, as expected, that GNB works best at baseline GCD (2.5 seconds) due to how Gnashing Fang and Sonic Break recast timers work, guaranteeing they (plus 2 Burst Strikes) will both line up with every No Mercy buff window (and 60 seconds raidbuff window). Pic related

https://i.imgur.com/IwAZ6uC.png

As you can see, everything lines up pretty nicely.

Of course having 'some' skill speed wouldn't hurt due to fights' downtime and such.
But I still don't really see the benefit of having 2.4s GCD.

Edit: After having a look at it again it seems that 2.4 seconds GCD might really be more optimal after all, assuming 100% uptime, of course.

[ArianeEwah]

Snip

Audaces Fortuna Iuvat - Gunbreaker Primer v5.00

2.4s GCD BiS (from same Guide)

You wouldn't be able to get 2.5s GCD and it's better to go for 2.4s, to align with your ability recasts and squeeze an additional GCD in between (which is Burst strike). More in detail in the linked guide.

edit: your rotation mapping has an error between the first 9-12 GCDs... you don't finish your combo (N3) and lose 2 GCDs here.

[Valic]

Thank you <3 I'm over the amount by a whole wopping 300 somehow without any materia in my gear lol.