User blog comment:ErdamonPL/CCC3: Derek - the Sharpshooter/@comment-3974211-20140613133950/@comment-3974211-20140615164433

Failing to Quick Reload shouldn't still bypass the full reload time - he failed to quick reload.

Empowering your attacks should only happen if you successfully Quick Reload - and it shouldn't be "within the last 6 seconds".