Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[LongNu]

I do not use fracture.

I've been saying this before 2.1 was even released.

[BalthierDragoon]

Fixed with the new weights and found this BiS with food

Score: 657.801
Weapon: Allagan Spear
Gloves: Allagan Gauntlets Of Maiming
Helmet: Allagan Visor Of Maiming
Chest: Wyrm's Mail
Waist: Hero's Belt Of Maiming
Pants: Allagan Trousers Of Maiming
Feet: Allagan Sollerets Of Maiming
Neck: Hero's Necklace Of Slaying
Earrings: Hero's Earring Of Slaying
Wrists: Inferno Bangle Of Striking
Ring1: Allagan Ring Of Maiming
Ring2: Vortex Ring Of Striking
Food: Hq Apkallu Omelette

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They didn't fix lvl.50** foods in 2.1 patch.
HQ Apkallu Omelette (lvl50**) gives you +4% Critical Buff. I think, maximum base Critical you can get so far is about 450-480. So HQ Apkallu Omelette would give you +18-19 to Critical.

HQ Deviled Eggs (lvl46) gives you +5% which equals to +22-24 Critical buff. Accuracy buff is pretty much the same with those two.

[AugustusSB]

Best in Slot with new weights from EMX and factoring in food below:
Weapon Allagan
Head Myth
Body Myth
Hands Allagan
Legs Myth
Feet Myth
Waist Myth
Necklace Myth
Earring Myth
Bracelet Inferno
Ring Allagan Maiming
Ring2 Vortex

Food: HQ Deviled Eggs

Best in Slot Up to and Including Turn 4 (NO TURN 5)
Weapon Relic+1
Head Allagan
Body Myth
Hands Allagan
Legs Myth
Feet Myth
Waist Myth
Necklace Myth
Earring Allagan Striking
Bracelet Inferno
Ring Allagan Maiming
Ring2 Vortex

Food: Hq Deviled Eggs

[JetBrooks]

Dang, so much Myth armor. Wishing I wouldn't have taken off for a while, now, haha x__x PS3 was not having a good time with instance servers for some reason, and I took some time off until I built my new gaming PC. Blah.

[EasymodeX]

Yeah I'm personally annoyed as well because I prefer the look of most of the Allagan gear (aside from the chest).

I'm going to have to do some soul-searching to see whether I can justify the look (and cost) of all the Myth slots for like +1 DPS.

Aesthetics versus marginal DPS. I CAN'T DECIDE*.

*At least I can procrastinate on any decision until I actually, you know, see/get the Allagan spear, otherwise the point is moot.

[JetBrooks]

I'm going to have to do some soul-searching to see whether I can justify the look (and cost) of all the Myth slots for like +1 DPS.

Ha, I don't even have the H IDC P TTT H TTT etc rotation on auto pilot, yet. Being lazy and doing H IDC P TTT x__x

My only iLvl90 (besides Zenith) is belt right now. I wanted to do chest first, but I had a responsible-person-nervous-breakdown and bought belt before a Coil run to cap accuracy... Prolly woulda been fine without it. Oh well, Myth Chest next week.

At least I killed Good King Moogle Mog last night. There is too much stuff to do now! I'll probably be filling some slots with CT gear in the meantime, I hope it looks cool!

[HiveMind]

So... do you guys not use Fracture?

I only use it if I see that I have a little extra time on my rotation. Such as, I have 9 seconds left before Chaos Thrust wears off, then I use fracture before going into IDC to get a little extra DPS and not clip off the last tick of CT.

Ha, I don't even have the H IDC P TTT H TTT etc rotation on auto pilot, yet. Being lazy and doing H IDC P TTT x__x

Omg you are clipping off like 1/2 of your CT dot dmg :[

[JetBrooks]

I only use it if I see that I have a little extra time on my rotation. Such as, I have 9 seconds left before Chaos Thrust wears off, then I use fracture before going into IDC to get a little extra DPS and not clip off the last tick of CT.




Omg you are clipping off like 1/2 of your CT dot dmg :[

Oh dang, I'll buckle down and get comfortable with it, then. It's incredibly obvious, but I didn't even think about it that way. I was using it on Turn 4 the other night, but I ran into some brain farts while trying to offload OffGCD stuff. Still need to burn it all the way into my brain.

Are y'all using macros for OffGCD stuff? I had everything in the world macroed with HPF IDC TTT and have made myself lazy <__<

[EasymodeX]

I have 1 oGCD macro with BFB, IR, Mercy Stroke, and Power Surge. I use that key to use the abilities, but I also have the abilities individually in a separate place on my UI so I can track their cooldowns (basically so I don't press the macro too many times and waste Power Surge).

Other oGCDs are not really on any macro.

[AugustusSB]

Yeah I'm personally annoyed as well because I prefer the look of most of the Allagan gear (aside from the chest).

I'm going to have to do some soul-searching to see whether I can justify the look (and cost) of all the Myth slots for like +1 DPS.

Aesthetics versus marginal DPS. I CAN'T DECIDE*.

*At least I can procrastinate on any decision until I actually, you know, see/get the Allagan spear, otherwise it's the point is moot.

heh, I actually am pretty happy the BiS boots are now myth because I really like the Wyrm armor design and we all know Chest + Hands + Boots = most of the look unless you show helmet which i don't the majority of the time.