Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

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Originally Posted by BishopGabbiani

You shouldn't have to worry too much about your rotations, the main thing is going to be the HT>TT combo. Now early on your combo will only be TT>VT, once you get FT add that in. THe thing is HT will only last for 12 seconds until 40, that lasts for roughly 4 GCDs, so once you get FT, add in an ID in to keep the combo constantly buffed. So at that point you should be doing

HT>TT>VT>FT>ID and repeat. Pop any GCDs you have whenever you get a chance.

Earlier on just keep doing the HT>TT>VT>TT>VT rotation, dropping in Leg Sweep and IR whenever you can.

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I forgot you get Phlebotimize at 30, so after that your rotation should be:

HT>Ph>TT>VT>FT>HT>TT>VT>FT>ID then repeat.

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Thanks! I'll put it into effect next time I'm playing. I get the main gist of the class, but since I don't do any damage calculating, I wasn't entirely certain I was taking advantage of the lancer's arsenal.

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Originally Posted by Tygg

Anyone have a screen capture of an efficient way to load out your bar when playing on a PS4? Been messing around with a few different ones but it always feels a little frantic.

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Damn, I used too xD

The general idea of my particular set-up is to have action abilities (mainly the thrusts/IDC combo) on the face buttons (X,O,Tri, Square) so your left thumb is free to position while attacking. Then I have my off-GCD abilities on the direction buttons, just a quick tap and your back on the thumbstick ready to dodge/position.

On the expanded hotbar I have the AoE moves and an extra Heavy Thrust (on face buttons) to eliminate swapping back and forth, and also defensive buffs (on d-pad).

Hope that helps a bit. I had a few streams from last week on twitch but it looks like they are gone.

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Originally Posted by Tygg

Anyone have a screen capture of an efficient way to load out your bar when playing on a PS4? Been messing around with a few different ones but it always feels a little frantic.

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Well, here's mine.

Primary:
https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...60624559_n.jpg

Linked1 (Jumps/Healing CDs):
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...23cd62972165e1
Probably should switch Keen Flurry and Piercing Talon, but don't use either a ton anyway...

Linked2 (AoE):
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...08591398_n.jpg
SSD is also here since I have a tendency to use it during the CT combo, and its easier to "reach" it on this bar between GDCs than switching half-bars entirely. HT is here to buff Ring of Thorns, BFB/Invigorate is for AoEing.

Bar that's linked:
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...28&oe=544BCD99

The cool-downs on top of/around the X-bar are there so I can see when the CD is up (don't know why I have the bar on the left anymore; don't see it during a fight at all lol); I don't touch-pad click on any of them (except for that Paeon one, which is used to get the BRD's attention, and its really only used for T8...)

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Originally Posted by PArcher

Well, here's mine.

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Hey we have Phleb and IR in the same spot xD

I like all your mini bars spread out, keeping track of CDs. My PS4 UI is too big, I've tried making it smaller but I guess I sit too far away, hard to see the dotted outline on combos sometimes.

http://i.imgur.com/XQdKb5W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eWJCon6.jpg

also play bard a lot

How do you get the other abilities surrounding your cross bar to appear? I'm not very techy and I want to do this..

You have to go to character settings->hotbar settings, and select display on the horizontal or vertical hotbar you want to display. Then drag and drop skill into there, click the "don't show empty spots" option in hotbar settings, and you should be good to go. I think they're all set to hidden by default cause of the cross hotbar, but yeah. But here's what my layout looks like:


http://i.imgur.com/Yj1EOAa.jpg

Thank you so much! Saves me constantly flicking to my l2+r2 bar to see if my potion is back or keen flurry is up..

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Originally Posted by BishopGabbiani

Also, are there any good macros that DRGs can use? I was thinking about one that kicked in LS just before TT, so it would always be used when up with a little less maintenance.

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I have a macro sticking LS after Vorpal Thrust. After awhile, I just decided to hit it separately so it doesn't go off when I don't really want it to go off.

I linked my power surge to jump on a key that's easy for me to press, so I just do disembowel>press the power surge button+jump to get power surge>chaos thrust>press it again to jump. sometimes it jumps without power surge, but I don't have a lot of finger dexterity, so it's a quality of life thing for me really.