Yep, and i actually THOUGHT it made a small difference when stacked enough, at first; but several others convinced me otherwise, and after more EXTENSIVE testing with a timer, i found that it actually DOESN’T affect his charge rate; non-charged shots i didn’t test, now that i think about it, as i don’t care about that.
Even if it DOES affect it, based on my first round of tests, it’s so insignificant as to be considered inferior to a DPS increase from stacking additional attack damage. I wish i had the Orbital Tracking Spike for a larger bonus to test but, alas, it continues to elude me…
Also, these were GEAR-based tests; whether or not things like Ernest’s egg affects it is unknown to me, but it definitely FEELS like it doesn’t affect it.