Fane HexagunFollow

At least it shows that SE is kinda hinting that M.Acc Bonus effects QD?

I'd be interested to find out whether or not macc does affect it and if so, what the Macc to AGI ratio is. I got an Omega Ring for my BLM recently and wondered if it would help QD. even if it did, it's basically Macc+3 vs. AGI+4. If it's the usual 2:1 ratio, the extra Macc would be like AGI+2.

I really haven't noticed a massive difference with warlock's roll on though. I don't QD in it much but when I have, i've seen still some resists (albeit some of those were vs Kirin and before I really build my QD set up).

Has anyone found a use for this terrible gun? I can't believe it's base stats are the same as our AF weapon.

Hexguns fail.

Actually, I recently got one with the following Augments: Delay -11%, Snapshot +5. Realizing the Commodore Gants were at an estimated +5 Snapshot (my own estimate, may be wrong), and that with Snapshot Augments on ACP and Moogle mission rewards, you could make this a gun with higher damage than Peacemaker and very comparable delay. I've been experimenting with this and while I don't have parser results to show, I have gotten a good idea of what the gun is good for and what it isn't. Here are my findings:

1. If you can get around +15 Snapshot and a 10-12% delay reduction, you can shoot for TP and WS with it and do comparable DPS to a Mercurial Kris or Joyeuse/Martial Gun setup (meleeing for TP, Slug with Martial).
2. If you're pulling but don't want to sacrifice too much damage on shooting and QD, this makes a nice compromise between Martial and Peacemaker.
3. For foes that you don't want to get to close to, with bad AoEs and stuff, this is still a pretty good option.
4. I've found it particularly good in my Nyzul Isle static, where I can pull quickly and deal a lot of damage to short-lived enemies who normally die before I can build up enough TP to WS.
5. Not as great for Dynamis or Limbus. Other guns and setups work a lot better there.

I can post the math to show the DPS comparisons, but it might be somewhat unique to my setup and your mileage may vary. Still, for those who can't get a Joyeuse do to time constraints or who are having problems questing or buying Mercurial Kris, this gun provides a third option. As a word of caution, however, speeding up Fane Hexagun can be effective, but it's also very expensive. Spamming steel bullets will make a dent in your war funds, although with Union dropping them, it has made it a lot easier to afford being a corsair. Just make sure to eat some r.acc food and stack on the r.acc equipment to make it work.

Arguably SE's handling of COR weaponry is one of the best examples of SE's ignorance of their very own game mechanics.

Given the formulae for damage and QD damage, as well as the general expense of ammo, it was ludicrous for them to think the hexagun design was a good idea.

I think with COR, they worked so hard at getting the buffing aspect right, they completely ignored the DD aspect. And then buggered it up totally.

That's my thought. It's really a pulling gun. If you can get MACC, AGI and delay -% on it, I'd use it instead of a Peacemaker.

True, but it has far more DMG than a Peacemaker so the WS's it punches out will hit more on merit targets.

...except that if you are pulling, this is functionally irrelevant.