damage buffs for MCH?

[ErzaScarlet77]

i didnt like how SMN got changed in shb with the egi action stuff so i tried finidng new job to play. i kinds settled on MCH cuz their mobility reminds me of SMN, but their damage, woah, definitely not coming close to my SMN thats for sure

i thought they were supposed to be the selfish dps in the ranged classes? the damage doesnt seem to be right. i know they have to pay mobility tax, but i was hoping at least to have red mage level of damage

[Jirah]

Ranged are always behind in DPS and frankly it doesnt matter unless your doing Savage and even then it isnt a deal breaker since MCH DPS is fine, not the job itself but just the numbers

[Wyakin]

Ranged are always behind in DPS and frankly it doesnt matter unless your doing Savage and even then it isnt a deal breaker since MCH DPS is fine, not the job itself but just the numbers

No it isn’t. Not in the slightest

[Jirah]

No it isn’t. Not in the slightest

just a no huh...no explanation?

[CKNovel]

Indeed, ranged DPS are gutted of their DPS and no one knows why.
Many thought it was related to mobility but SMN has 40% of its casts that are instant and not punished by mouvement. BLM also has crazy mobility if you use your abilities.

SQEX never said why, last time ranged were buffed was because replacing a ranged by another Black Mage would theorically deal a slight, veeeery slight amount of total DPS.

IMO, DPS truly matters in savage prog and content with PU.
Shiva is an excellent example, most players trying to get in are bad and I simply could not carry the DPS as a Machinist. For Shiva Unreal, it was much, much easier to play the content as a Samurai as I would deal much more damage despite barely playing the job in savage content. That's also a problem, you can have years of experience on a ranged job, you'll still do more rDPS on an equally geared Samurai you just started to learn.

Damage buffs for rangeds?
Why not, I kind of gave up when Yoshi-P stated he was satisfied with the current balance.
In my opinion, the whole ranged role needs a rework. The role simply exist for the 1% stats bonuses, the 120s mitigation and the silence. And sometimes baiting mechanics which happens rarely and can be done by any non-tank/non-melee.

[Seraphor]

Indeed, ranged DPS are gutted of their DPS and no one knows why.
Many thought it was related to mobility but SMN has 40% of its casts that are instant and not punished by mouvement. BLM also has crazy mobility if you use your abilities.

SMN and BLM mobility relies on knowing the fight. Likewise melee dps require uptime strats which require knowing the fight.
Phys ranged are by far the most mobile in blind fights, and that's where the issue comes into play, world first prog.
Without a damage trade-off for their mobility, phys ranged would be favoured far too much in world first attempts.

[CKNovel]

SMN and BLM mobility relies on knowing the fight. Likewise melee dps require uptime strats which require knowing the fight.
Phys ranged are by far the most mobile in blind fights, and that's where the issue comes into play, world first prog.
Without a damage trade-off for their mobility, phys ranged would be favoured far too much in world first attempts.

Breathes in
Despite this, mobility still brought nothing and first week clears still had rangeds at the bottom. I don't know for Eden's gate, but it was the case of Eden's verse.
If I remember well, there was some melee jobs at the bottom but they got above very fast while SMN and BLM remained at the top since the beginning.
If your reasoning was right, rangeds should be in the middle during prog, but it wasn't the case.
I can't find data for that, it's based on memories, I can't manage to grab the first weeks data...

I personally believe mobility is not what gives an advantage, range gives an advantage.

Also, I don't think it's a great idea to balance jobs for one/two specific weeks when the patches/prog are more than 3 months apart.

[cactuarzzzz]

Should have fixed Heat Blast double weaving long ago but here we are.

[Jirah]

Should have fixed Heat Blast double weaving long ago but here we are.

Heat blast potency isnt even good its the same as Split just delete the dam thing its a worthless skill

[Flay_wind]

Heat blast potency isnt even good its the same as Split just delete the dam thing its a worthless skill

Heat Blast is on 1.5 seconds cooldown. So it's 5 hits over 7.5 seconds aka the time it takes to do your standard 1,2,3.
1,2,3 combo is 990 potency combined.
Heat Blast x5 is 220 + 20 from Hypercharge = 1200. Plus you're getting extra charges on your weaving stuff, which is +150 for each Heat Blast. So, that's another 750. So it's 1950 potency total, which is double of your standrad 1,2,3. How's that "isn't even good"?