Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

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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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We have an assigned spot to deal with. My raid's DPS setup is 2 melees 2 ranged so it's easier to determine chains since if a melee gets 1 it means it will tether another melee, ya know? We marked left as A and right as C because the tethers are literally red and green so you go to whatever color you get. Not getting your positionals / full rotation going sucks but remember that low DPS is better than 2 dead DPS!

you can still hit every positional while tethered if your other melee works with you.

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Originally Posted by rickyguo

you can still hit every positional while tethered if your other melee works with you.

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This.

We do them as per usual. Just gotta communicate, and you'll find you can do them just fine. It's always nice when the boss does the perfect turn at the perfect moment though. :D

So question about jumps, specifically Spineshatter and Dragonfire Dive. Do you tend to use them as soon as they are available to weave in between your attacks or to save them for situations when you need to close the gap or get knocked back or something? I imagine this might depend on the fight as well, but is there a general rule of thumb?

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Originally Posted by RaizeGraymalkin

So question about jumps, specifically Spineshatter and Dragonfire Dive. Do you tend to use them as soon as they are available to weave in between your attacks or to save them for situations when you need to close the gap or get knocked back or something? I imagine this might depend on the fight as well, but is there a general rule of thumb?

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Generally, most people usually just weave them in.

Weave them in, but if there's a mechanic where you'd need to "jump" from A to B safely, then you'd always want to save Spineshatter Drive as it is the weaker skill.

I personally prefer to save DFD for burst rotations.

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Originally Posted by RaizeGraymalkin

So question about jumps, specifically Spineshatter and Dragonfire Dive. Do you tend to use them as soon as they are available to weave in between your attacks or to save them for situations when you need to close the gap or get knocked back or something? I imagine this might depend on the fight as well, but is there a general rule of thumb?

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I weave them in unless it's a fight where I know I'm going to be using them as gap closers to get from the boss to an add quickly, such as Garuda EX or Levi EX, or a fight like Ifrit HM where you want to be careful not to use stuns.

patch notes with dragoon buffs


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PRAISE THE TWELVE! OUR TIME HAS COME!

All math calculated in i135 gear

Rotation PPS
Pre-2.45 PPS: 137.9
Post-2.45 PPS: 147
PPS Increase: 9.1

Crit Adjusted PPS:
Pre-2.45 PPS: 160.419
Post-2.45 PPS: 169.744
PPS Increase: 9.325

Pre-2.45 Jump PPS: 6.25
Post2.45 Jump PPS: 8.333

Rotation DPS:
Pre-2.45 DPS: 520
Post-2.45 DPS: 546

We're still out DPS'd by the monk, but only by 18 DPS. Monks rotation at i135 is around 570. Remember, this does not include BFB, DFD, Life Surge etc. This is nothing more than the raw base rotation. If you include BFB/Jumps, the DPS difference will be much, much closer (10ish)

EDIT: Changed a word not to give false meaning.

Also, regarding stat-weights. The changes are in the thousandth decimal, literally makes no impact on gear.

Previously calculated:
WD 9.355
STR 1.000
DET 0.329
CRT 0.234
SS 0.194

Post-2.45
WD: 9.349
STR: 1.000
DET: 0.327
CRT: 0.233
SS: 0.198

EDIT 2: Just realised I overcalculated the DPS gain pre-2.45 by 6, oops :P