Machinist Flamethrower

[Carighan]

I would make it something that scorches an area of the ground for a while, causing persistent DoT damage to anything standing inside. The cost of this is that it causes a double GCD-cycle (5s) which is a full cast during which you can move albeit slowly (see Bard shots in PvP), causing 4 ticks of instant damage + then setting the ground on fire for 15s or so. Since it's a 5s cast bar, no oGCDs, no nothing.

[Sol_Seppy]

I just love the idea of it igniting bioblasted targets for more damage, and removing the animation lock to boot.

As it stands, Flamethrower is a gain on 4+ if you have literally nothing else to use, which is fairly rare. Apart from that it has a very niche use in high end content for tick farming during boss downtime. Oh and Balmung Quicksands party trick ofc, lest not forget that.

[Valence]

Speaking of tick farming during boss downtime, enjoy your 10k tick in M4S after downtime, accounting for a whooping 16 DPS gain.

( i'm still doing it though )