Quote Originally Posted by Raikai View Post
Isn't Flamethrower a dps gain over Scattergun?

Still, a valid point on how FT is terrible to use... You rely on the tank not moving stuff around, which is kinda difficult to find in routette runs, but that is also symptomatic on the limitations of XIV's code... I think FT is the only channeled action truly indended to be used as part of your aoe rotation (unless SAM and DRG have those as well, but I'm not familiar w the jobs).
It is but only if you don't have near 50 heat.
The gain is veeeery light.

In savage, its only use is pressing it before a boss is targetable again and hoping you get a tick of damage before resuming your GCDs.

And in both cases, gameplay wise it's boring to not touch your keyboard for 10 seconds.
The action is far more useful as an emote than an actual ability.