Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

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Where the F is EMX?

I was temp banned from the forum until today because I replied to a topic about parsers. Pretty comical.


Updated Stat Weights*:

WD 8.027
STRDEX 1
DTR** 0.209
CRT 0.179
SS 0.158

* Stat weights assessed against a baseline of: WD=46, STR=490, DTR=300, CRT=460, SS=50. If your stat is higher for whatever stat, your value will be lower. If your stat is lower, your value will be higher. No skew / manual bias included for or against DTR or SS.

** As always, no one really knows exactly how DTR works, so this number is flaky. Edit: DTR is probably in the 0.3 range.

Item Budget Weights (DTR weight * 11, CRT and SS weights * 16, which are the equivalent numbers seen on various slots of gear):

DTR 2.28
CRT 2.86
SS 2.55


Based on the above weights***,

*** Removed BiS list until damage formula is more finalized. In all likelihood DTR > CRT > SS.


Top Rotations:

H IDC P TTT H TTT
P IDC H TTT P TTT

TPS 27.6
PPT 4.9
PPS 135.6

HP IDC TTT^

TPS 27.6
PPT 4.9
PPS 133.8

^ This rotation clips CT excessively (4 ticks). If you used a buffed CT do yourself a favor and use the one below for 1 cycle before switching back to this simple one.

HP IDC TTT
HP TTT TTT

TPS 27.6
PPT 4.8
PPS 132.3

Other new (or old) rotations may get good due to the patch changes. Don't stop brainstorming.

Note: Fracture is basically gone. Thrust combo has a higher potency per GCD even without the Disembowel debuff. Demon Wall is HP -> TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

Sidenote: This means more Mantra/Bloodbath/whatever. I haven't used Bloodbath in awhile. Yippee.

Other comment: None of the above includes any change to the base potency of Jump. The only impact a confirmation of the "250p Jump" would have is a fringe reduction to the value of SS in the weights. Like -0.005 stat weight or something. Very small.

Updated spreadsheets / model (not entirely user-friendly): http://www.fileswap.com/dl/7KfkfUv6Hf/