If you have enough recharge to do Blaze->Blast->Blaze->Blast, I'd imagine it doesn't get better than that.
In order for Blaze -> Blast to beat out Blaze -> Blast -> Flares it needs a gap of less than 0.4 seconds, which requires Blaze to recharge in 2.25 seconds. That takes 344% recharge, or about 250% after enhancements (which I believe is impossible solo without Spiritual). Tier 4 Spiritual alpha gives about 33% so you'd still need around 217% (147% after Hasten) which is probably possible but would require massive purple slotting. Personally, if I had anywhere near that much recharge I'd go Musculature and stick with Blaze -> Blast -> Flares, or even better Blaze -> Fire Sword -> Blast.
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Maybe it's just BAF lag making me think I have that much recharge
do ho ho ho!
Well, on some BAFs Inferno -> Inferno -> Inferno seems gapless... 
Cascade, level 50 Blaster (NRG/NRG since before it was cool)
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Have you considered Ring of Fire? It is much better DPA than Fireblast (albeit as a DoT).
I considered it, yes
I couldn't work it into a build without losing damage elsewhere though
the control element is supersceeded by most teams blazing through trash enemies like paper and also already having cinders
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You just drop Fire Blast from the build. If you like the set bonuses in Fire Blast, you simply slot Ring of Fire as you had slotted Fire Blast.
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Originally Posted by Comfort
I considered it, yes
I couldn't work it into a build without losing damage elsewhere though the control element is supersceeded by most teams blazing through trash enemies like paper and also already having cinders |
Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
I mean I get what you're saying but I've played one too specifically DoT class in other games to get saddled with a DoT effect.
Even if it does more damage in the long term. 90% of CoH is trash mobs it would not be effective for.
Awhile back I posted here with some pretty general questions about blaster damage for specifically fire/fire
so I tried adding a decimation, chance for buildup, to flares... and spamming flares with blaze thrown in gave me something like
flare->flare->blaze
It seemed really good, especially for hitting that proc. Then I saw someone had posted the best rotation as
blaze->blast->flare
Now I've cranked up the recharge quite a bit since then. I can now just do
blast->blaze
dropping flares entirely. So without any real way of showing my dps on screen that I know of, what's the best damage rotation?