[5.00] FFXIV Shadowbringers Machinist 2.50 GCD Early Wildfire Rotation Demonstration

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this is the Early Wildfire opener & rotation, designed to get you extra uses of Drill & Wildfire with their early usages. as SE has changed how Wildfire snapshotting works in a recent hotfix/stealth patch, this opener is no longer the optimal all-purpose raid centric opener (but is still useful depending on if fights can get you extra drill/wildfire uses)

instead, the 10s Drill, Late WF opener @ (LINK TBD) is the new optimal opener in regular situations.


write-up with more info:

same opener as

done in the Lv80 SSS because i have the lowest ping there. i also neutered my gear to i421 (i ended MSQ with like i436) to reduce my GCD to 2.50 just for demonstration purposes in this video.

this rotation will work fine even with faster GCDs; it'll just feel bad because you're gonna sit there and wait for things to come up rather than actually being able to get anything extra. rotations specifically for high skill speed/fast GCDs, i haven't looked into yet.

this rotation is consistent with what you would actually do in a real raid setting, until about 2:56 video time. at that point, you want to burn all resources without regard for future alignment, because the encounter is about to end. you'd do the same in a raid, but it'd be slightly different depending on the various factors, of course.

things in this video are delayed/used in specific ways on purpose; for maximum effectiveness with suggested raid burst windows. it's a lot to list, but ask away in the comments.

note: i made a small error with gr/rico charge optimization at 1:20 video time. i should 1 gr+1 rico charge there; i've found out that it's better to get rid of the GR and replace that rico with a GR; and then put the extra use after the 1:33 clean shot, as (ricochet+hypercharge).

full optimized rotation map with this rotation over 400s @
(includes fixed charges etc)

music: Ujico* - [Goodbye, Our World EP CD1 #03] Goodbye, My World.

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