Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

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Originally Posted by Dervy

If you cannot get 9GDCs within a Blood for Blood, then the best place to use it is before ID in the opener. This should allow you to hit all of the 180+PPS thresholds. Also, the difference between hitting and not hitting 9 GDCs is around 4PPS on average. Not that much if I may say so.

As for the relic, no clue. I'm currently grinding out as much money as I can and I'm going to go for that 4 acc meld.

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Yeah, I made testing with 0 SS and 8-9 ms ping, and bfb fall a millisecond before second FT. And since I'm almost BiS, I don't feel like adding SS to my gear, so I'll stick with my current opener:

HT (bfb+LegSweep) > ID (PS + IR) > Dis (X pot) > CT (jump) > Phelbo (DFD) > TT (SSD) > VT (LS) > FT.

This give me the best burst so far, and works ultra well and beat other openers I've tried so far. So I'm going to stick with it! Thanks mate.

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Originally Posted by Spayd

Yeah, I made testing with 0 SS and 8-9 ms ping, and bfb fall a millisecond before second FT. And since I'm almost BiS, I don't feel like adding SS to my gear, so I'll stick with my current opener:

HT (bfb+LS) > ID (PS + IR) > Dis (X pot) > CT (jump) > Phelbo (DFD) > TT (SSD) > VT (LS) > FT.

This give me the best burst so far, and works ultra well and beat other openers I've tried so far. So I'm going to stick with it! Thanks mate.

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Does LS actually come cleanly off cd for the FT with this? o.0

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Originally Posted by TJKuro

Does LS actually come cleanly off cd for the FT with this? o.0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vRITeekhek

Since i have 0 SS I alternate CT and FT, but yeah, everything comes perfectly on time when a perfect rotation. See for yourself, this is just a part of it since I didn't feel like going for a 4 minutes long recording.

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Originally Posted by TJKuro

Does LS actually come cleanly off cd for the FT with this? o.0

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I assume the first LS is a legsweep. It's smart how Spayd does it; there's an additional leg sweep there in a shorter time frame and one is still huffed by BFB... as long as he isn't clipping GDCs.

And it should come off cleanly, just a tiny bit oGDC management by the second Life Surge fixes it.

Also if anyone wants to try my new opener, it's:

HT - (IR+PS) - ID - (X-Pot) - DI - (delayed BFB) - CT - (jump) - PH - (leg sweep) - TTT combo and weave my other jumps and Life Surge.

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Originally Posted by Dervy

I assume the first LS is a legsweep. It's smart how Spayd does it; there's an additional leg sweep there in a shorter time frame and one is still huffed by BFB... as long as he isn't clipping GDCs.

And it should come off cleanly, just a tiny bit oGDC management by the second Life Surge fixes it.

Also if anyone wants to try my new opener, it's:

HT - (IR+PS) - ID - (X-Pot) - DI - (delayed BFB) - CT - (jump) - PH - (leg sweep) - TTT combo and weave my other jumps and Life Surge.

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Yeah sorry for the LS confusion, first Ls is indeed Legsweep. Edited. I'll try your opener in a few and compare it to mine to tell you if its an improvement.

EDIT: Also, what I like from my opener is that even if for the first FT there's a Life surge, for the next one where FT isn't life surged, Internal Release is still up there to give it a chance to crit. Small details that can make some difference.

What should my dps look like at i113 with nexus weapon? http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/Q1JY Currently i do around 485-500 with party buff. It tends to dip below 500 unless that is normal. Thanks!

Perfectly normal. And I assume that's with a 3 minute parse, ye?

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Originally Posted by Dervy

Perfectly normal. And I assume that's with a 3 minute parse, ye?

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Yes it is. Sorry, forgot to mention that. I guess i will work on my rotation more and see if i can improve. Thank you.

So as a new Dragoon, now level 46, I have been using the rotation in the OP, though not yet with every ability until 50, so subbing. Then just a bit ago I came across this video on Youtube with a different rotation saying it is superior to the one in this thread due to the Dragoon changes that came with 2.45. At 4:24 in the video he goes into the new rotation. I'm lost as to what rotation I should be using exactly for optimum dps, assuming level 50.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy3VGsv-3gM

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Originally Posted by h0tNstilettos

So as a new Dragoon, now level 46, I have been using the rotation in the OP, though not yet with every ability until 50, so subbing. Then just a bit ago I came across this video on Youtube with a different rotation saying it is superior to the one in this thread due to the Dragoon changes that came with 2.45. At 4:24 in the video he goes into the new rotation. I'm lost as to what rotation I should be using exactly for optimum dps, assuming level 50.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy3VGsv-3gM

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Well, the OP hasn't been updated in forever, because the poster has disappeared. The video you link is by Dervy (which is a fairly unique username, so I'm assuming no shenanigans), who's been volunteered to post a new OP when the expansion launches. Knowing nothing else about DRG, I'd say go with the video. :p