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Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:14 About the job
0:40 Utility
2:43 Job Gauge
3:56 Abilities
8:27 The rotation
15:55 AOE
16:33 Gearing
17:35 Last notes
Useful link’s and sources:
The balance job guide: https://www.thebalanceffxiv.com/jobs/ranged/machinist/
Icy Veins job guide: https://www.icy-veins.com/ffxiv/machinist-pve-dps-guide
Full rotation video: https://youtu.be/1CNoAL2do6o
fflogs: https://www.fflogs.com/
XIVanalysis: https://xivanalysis.com/
Background footage:
P1S: https://youtu.be/KMa3Pw10rIU
P2S: https://youtu.be/9mWJMxbD-fs
P3S: https://youtu.be/H2OhujO2NjM
Music used:
Satie Gnossienne No. 1: https://youtu.be/9QEcVq8GTUA
Satie Gnossienne No. 2: https://youtu.be/g_tUaZrVzZw
Rik van Hoogstraten “Dreams”: https://youtu.be/V5tVeYTrEEI
Field Nocturne No. 5: https://youtu.be/5joOlcmQhWA
Lysenko Serenade Op.28: https://youtu.be/J43KcBfBL8E
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Please tell me if it is possible to add such a display of the skill rollback timer as you have without installing all the additional panels? Only cooldown numbers
Good guide, thanks
Thanks so much for this guide!
Nice guide there Juliacare. Quick question could you upload a link to your UI? it's awesome
The somber music is extremely fitting for the state of MCH right now (03/29/2022, patch 6.08), a mess of a job with two systems that doesn't work well together (Heat and battery), no utility apart from role actions, high execution barrier, extremely high ping unfriendly, a single mistake is extremely punished, has probably the worst CD in the game (wildfire), range tax, has to really rely and play around others and on top of all that… Has the lowest dps of all dps classes.
There is absolutely no reason to play MCH over BRD or DNC, unless you really love the job, if you're a masochist or both, i love the class design asthetically but i can't bring myself to do Extreme or Savage raid, i would always feel that im just a dead weight.
And i also doesn't hold too much hope that 6.1 will fix the job, it's probably going to be a band-aid fix like increasing some of the potency and i guess giving Hypercharge a charge system instead of being completely on a timer.
Sad junkman noises.
New to MCH,
How do you determine when your odd minute bursts are? Is it when there's about 60s left before Wildfire comes back? Currently my main struggle is I don't know when to dump heat gauge and battery gauge after doing the even minute bursts. So I end up sometimes not having enough resources to do my odd minute bursts, cause like I said apart from the even minutes, I don't know how to spend both my gauges.
Is the DBM you are using the Cactbot thing people are always talking about?
Can you make a video on your hud? It’s so perfect! Thank you🥺❤️
My opener doesnt look anything like this…and the only time i weave gauss and richochet is during hypercharge. My experience is most folks dont raid buff correctly or consistently… so your advice about doing this and that during raid buff is all moot. Thanks for the video.. i think youve made it sound way more complicating than it really is to play this job must less with a 20 min video.
You’ve helped me with machinist. Which I love. But I have a question, please forgive me. I use wildfire, then heat cannon, then another weapon skill for 6 weapons kill hits on the debuff. I was thinking since chainsaw is an even one minute CD and shares no cooldown, there’s probably enough time to squeeze it in, too for a 1540 hit. I just hit 86, so I don’t have chainsaw yet, but I notice there is time after that sixth weapon skill. I was really hoping this would change my rotation for more damage, but haven’t been able to test it yet. Have you been able to try it? It would be just my luck that there’s a long animation for chainsaw or something.
Also, your videos are great. Just wanted to add that. The music and format is killer. Thank you.
This video was very helpful. I wasn't running hypercharge between burst windows and effectively didn't run an odd-minute "burst" because I would always bank as much heat and battery as I could before capping, then using them when I had put tool abilities all on cooldown. I somehow still managed to keep up with other, better players, though!
Hopefully with a little practice, I can improve. I really like this class.
I’m having a problem with my air anchor and drill CDs. I use them on CD but for some reason further down the line I’m barely able to use them without using another GCD or waiting 0.3 to use it when it pops.
The odd minute burst is no longer relevant as trick attack has been removed from the game. Simply use things on cooldown and do not overcap, whilst ensuring you have 90-100 battery for your even minute bursts.