Hypercharge

 

Hypercharge

Acquired

MCH (actions)

Level

30

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

10s

Quest Req.

Master of Marksmanship

Patch

3.0

“

Grants 5 stacks of Overheated, each stack allowing the execution of Heat Blast or Auto Crossbow.
Duration: 10s
Overheated Effect: Increases the potency of single-target weaponskills by 20
Heat Gauge Cost: 50
Overheated effect only applicable to machinist job actions.

— In-game description

Hypercharge is an action unlocked by questing at level 30. It is available for Machinist.

Related actions

•   Heat Blast
•   Auto Crossbow

History

• Patch 6.3 (2023-01-10):
  • Now grants 5 stacks of Overheated.
  • Effect duration has been increased from 8 to 10 seconds.
• Patch 5.3 (2020-08-11): Description now clearly states the Overheat effect only applies to machinist actions. No change has been made to the effects of this action.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
  • Now acquired at level 30 (previously level 58).
  • No longer overcharges a turret. Instead, causes your weapon to become Overheated, increasing the potency of single-target weaponskills by 20.
  • Now has an activation requirement of Heat Gauge Cost: 50.
  • Recast time has been reduced from 120 to 10 seconds.
• Patch 4.3 (2018-05-22): Fixed an issue wherein the damage from Hypercharge indicated in the action help text for the “Rook Autoturret” differed from the actual damage dealt.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): No longer increases turret MP or TP regeneration.
• Patch 3.2 (2016-02-23):
  • Duration has been increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
  • The detrimental effects dealt by Rook Autoturret and Bishop Autoturret have been adjusted as follows:
  • Rook Autoturret's increased physical damage effect has been increased from 5% to 10%.
  • Bishop Autoturret's increased magic damage effect has been increased from 5% to 10%.
• Patch 3.0 (2015-06-23): Added with the original description, "Overcharges your autoturret, increasing its effectiveness. Duration: 15s. Can only be executed when a turret is deployed."

Trivia

The changes in patch 6.3 were in response to player feedback that high ping or latency made it difficult to fit five   Heat Blasts or   Auto Crossbows in an 8-second window.