This isn't about the speed, or the time.
I've included the DPS meter at the top right for reference to why we're demonstrating this.
For Gear Reference, I'm using the new armors and a Tisah Wix 4, with BIS augments.
I don't have the new weapon yet!
There's a few things happening here that allow this:
Gunner's new skill recovers 150pp for their entire party (apart from themself), when they chain finish at 150. This redelegates the one gunner's role into becoming a PP battery for the rangers holding down Fear Eraser.
The issue with Fear Eraser before the expansion changes, was that your Purple Blight would have to be refreshed every so often, which was a DPS loss due to the long startup time of Fear Eraser itself. With the new changes, not only was Fear Eraser's numbers increased, but Ranger now has the ability to refresh their blight as long as they use the specific abilities (Launcher WA, Fear Eraser [Each tick refreshes it!], and charged Divine Impact [both stages].
As long as the gunner upkeeps their 150 chain throughout the quest, the rangers would be able to hold down Fear Eraser indefinitely, save for a few moments. This is overall, not a good thing because 150-chain-only Gunner is not the optimal way to play gunner at their own top DPS.
Depending on the boss, the rangers would have to tank through hits while taking advantage of Fear Eraser's super armor. Throw in a Techter who is redelegated to healing, while spamming Talis convergence shot, and then you have a team of 3 in the back while your gunner-battery works on their chains.
Is this optimal ranger gameplay for party? It's boss dependent.
For example, Bujin in Aelio Purple is the prime boss to hold down Fear Eraser. Otherwise, Ranger can still play as it did before, and use Fear Eraser for downs 7 seconds or more. Assuming a party of a gunner, techter, and ranger can play normally without all the setup, then the overall damage output will be better than the funny meme beam. 😊
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