Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

Just been talking to EMX actually, turns out I actually had his updated sheets all along. The only difference between my copy and the one he recently sent me was his had the updated weights calculated. When 2.45 comes along, I'll update his spreadsheets and recalculate the weights and then rework the BiS sets.

I'm also gunna use his sheet as a base and attempt to build a NIN sim to calculate their weights.

Also, I laughed at everyone crying about NIN nerfs. SE wouldn't completely wreck a class. He even mentioned in a live letter or an interview in 2.0 that he'd rather bring all jobs up to the strength of the more powerful ones and slightly rebalance others, rather than so major nerfs.

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What are the accuracy caps for T10-T13?

I came across another DRG in a Satasha HM who claimed Heavy Thrust dropped his DPS by 20% and therefore he never used it. Is there some bizarre misinformation going around? Have I found LOL DRG's king?

There are a surprising number of people who think "flank" means "back", or that "using" a skill means spamming it without rhyme or reason. Either of those will definitely drop your DPS like a brick.

(Oh boy, I sure can't wait to see all those tanks who'll think it's okay to move all over the place just because we'll be getting Heavy Thrust from the wrong side!)

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Originally Posted by Dervy

What are the accuracy caps for T10-T13?

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Flank Accuracy
10 : 491
11: 505
12: 525(?)
13: 536 (my lowest recorded without any misses)

Frontal from ->> http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...thing_coil_19/
10: 515
11: 527
12: 548
13: 558

Anyone else notice the spear class eyesore drawn idle motion?
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...psefe83830.png

None of the other polearm types do this. I'd just use those, but spears are the best looking lancer weapons! ;-;

Tomorrow can't come any sooner! The wait is killing me!

Possibly a semi-moot point come tomorrow, but how do some of you DRGs do T11 in final phase? Finally got around to having the (dis)pleasure of going DRG on my alt character FCoB. I basically do HT > P > 123 > 123 for a large portion of the left/right binds, and ID combo > P > 123 > 123 at the rear for group + tank. Any tricks, or do you basically just have to hope you never get tethered?

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Originally Posted by Sleigh

Possibly a semi-moot point come tomorrow, but how do some of you DRGs do T11 in final phase? Finally got around to having the (dis)pleasure of going DRG on my alt character FCoB. I basically do HT > P > 123 > 123 for a large portion of the left/right binds, and ID combo > P > 123 > 123 at the rear for group + tank. Any tricks, or do you basically just have to hope you never get tethered?

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I'v been in t11 for some kills by now, and basically I'm doing as you'v said. If I'm forced to be in boss flank, I'll keep HT up. Same logic for ID combo. As your party get confortable with the machanics, depending wich tether scenario and strategy, you can risk a little movement to hit flank/back. But I found it too risky (get in the middle of and unavoidable Nerve Gas or get stacks for beeing far/close your tether partner/other tether group) for the bennefits, since you'll only be able to do that once in a while and it won't "fix your rotation" at all.


I'm just resigned with the idea that my DPS will drop if I get the theter and I'll probably end up killing everyone if I try to move. Hope it wont be a major problem by tomorow :D

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Originally Posted by Sleigh

Possibly a semi-moot point come tomorrow, but how do some of you DRGs do T11 in final phase? Finally got around to having the (dis)pleasure of going DRG on my alt character FCoB. I basically do HT > P > 123 > 123 for a large portion of the left/right binds, and ID combo > P > 123 > 123 at the rear for group + tank. Any tricks, or do you basically just have to hope you never get tethered?

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well basically when i get tethered with the nin in my group i tell him to hang around the back right foot of boss if its tank/dps if its dps/dps/healer/dps we chill at the back left foot of the boss. I have no problem with HT or ID/DIS/CT combos , u just gottah have that synergy with your other melee your tethered to :)

You are allowed to split up far enough so that missiles don't hit both of you; that's enough room for both you and your partner to get positionals in as long as both of you hover close to the border. That said, I haven't been doing that because... trust issues (and my group heals through those missiles anyway). H P TTT TTT / IDC P TTT TTT is more or less what I've been doing if I don't see an opening.

The good news is that if you're worried about enrage, it's not necessary to sneak in all your positionals while tethered, even with an i110 group. The real trick is sneaking them in while Nerve Gas is on top of the position you need.

With the coming buff, however, it appears that letting me do proper DPS will be an even tougher sell than it was before. Welp, at least it's a good problem to have.