hopefully/maybe this can serve to help illustrate my point about how little it was publicly known/how widespread that knowledge actually was
grimtools have scraped exactly 1 singular ranged build using 4pt fighting form [1.0.7.1] DW Ranged Physical Cadence Tactician (no greens)
whether or not that’s deliberate here there is 0 mention of, even if it’s only a 1pt invesment that’s exactly boosted to +4, and the other alternative GTs does not change that 1pt investment (but boosted by gear to +6 still)
later comment by other than OP could suggest it’s not deliberate for 100% passthrough but just because not considered significant at the time
all the other gunner cadence either use 12pt, or more
there are 2 that use less
one is a build using 1pt that gets boosted to +7; but it’s a fire strike build not actually using cadence [1.1.7.2] [Commando] Antiquated Armaments
the other is using 8pt fighting form, [1.1.5.2-1.1.8.0] Bonemonger going ranged! Lightning DW pistols Tactician
and i seriously doubt that’s by accident since it has 5pts invested with gear boosting it to 8
^(and it’s a guide by Nery and in other of his builds he’s using 12pt fighitng form on ranged cadence) - suggesting he too wasn’t aware
*the 11pt fighting form build is by stupid_dragon, and he emphasises in his guide to “max” fighting form but not to go over 12pts, ie he too was not aware prior to a degree of influencing his, very experienced, builds
**well aware GT builds section might not have all available in existence, tho it def has most from the forum, also scrapes YT and elsewhere/reddit if the formatting fits the build scraping thingy
that is at most 2 out 20 builds going back several years, some even after 2022 reveal
and that’s if we even count Nery’s which his other ranged cadence builds would suggest we shouldn’t, making it 1/20 builds, and that’s based on the assumption the 1pt investment was even deliberate and not a filler,
(will def concede it could be deliberate but it does leave room for it not being)
1 out of 20 builds since v1.0.7.0 december 2018/before FG release and after, that’s how “widespread” it was known
once again