Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[AugustusSB]

^^ I'm an engineer and just brute forced the hell out of this with a VBA script in excel. It runs through every single possible armor combination there is in my database and picks the global maximum of DPS weight while equal to or above the acc requirement i enter. But I do like your approach, would of saved me some time if I thought about it from that perspective initially. Script usually takes about 30 seconds to a minute on this machine to go through it all. However with every new piece of gear I add I double the amount of combinations by two and depending on a whole lot of things could multiply the calculation time to who knows hahah.

Edit. In between every gear set possibility I apply the food buffs to the current set and do my rounding (flooring). It should be pretty accurate provided the game doesn't have any weird order of operation/rounding/truncation rules

[AugustusSB]

I see the problem. 1) I missed that you were using the myth head, thought it was allagan. 2) You want to hit 463 with gear alone, not using food. The accuracy food is to hit 472 for T5 only.

Ahh I thought there was some parsing being done to try to lower what our accuracy cap really is. Was the testing you were asking for earlier in the thread at 463 with food buff or without? I interpreted it as without. I remember reading somebody tested at 459. Was that pre or post acc food buff?

[Ayvar]

Ahh I thought there was some parsing being done to try to lower what our accuracy cap really is. Was the testing you were asking for earlier in the thread at 463 with food buff or without? I interpreted it as without. I remember reading somebody tested at 459. Was that pre or post acc food buff?

That was without. Since we don't know the exact ceiling for T5, but we do know it is 473 or less, the idea for now is to have the lowest possible accuracy on your gear for the other 95% of the game that doesn't require high accuracy, while still being able to hit ~472 as needed for T5 (though the ceiling is likely lower than this). Hence getting 463 with gear alone, then using the +2% accuracy from food to bump that up to 472 for T5 as needed.

[JetBrooks]

Wow, I thought acc cap was in the 480s for T5. That's great news. I'm at 470 w/o food right now, but don't have any alternate gear options at the moment. Guess I'll try to avoid extra accuracy for a while.

[Ayvar]

Wow, I thought acc cap was in the 480s for T5. That's great news. I'm at 470 w/o food right now, but don't have any alternate gear options at the moment. Guess I'll try to avoid extra accuracy for a while.

The discussion regarding the ~480 cap began on page 101, and parses have been posted sporadically since then. We're currently trying to narrow the cap down, but it's definitely between 460-470.

[JetBrooks]

The discussion regarding the ~480 cap began on page 101, and parses have been posted sporadically since then. We're currently trying to narrow the cap down, but it's definitely between 460-470.

Keep up the good work, guys! I'm no math whiz, but I love discussing concepts. You guys are the backbone to me trying to not talk completely out of my ass.

[AugustusSB]

All sets below are only valid if you use HQ Buttons in a Blanket.

Pre-T5 482ACC (485)
Weapon Relic+1
Head Allagan
Body Myth
Hands Allagan
Legs Allagan
Feet Myth
Waist Myth
Necklace Allagan Striking
Earring Tremor
Bracelet Myth
Ring Allagan Striking
Ring2 Myth
679.641

Pre T5 463ACC(465)
Weapon Relic+1
Head Allagan
Body Myth
Hands Myth
Legs Allagan
Feet Myth
Waist Myth
Necklace Allagan Striking
Earring Tremor
Bracelet Myth
Ring Myth
Ring2 Allagan Maiming
683.213

T5 482ACC
Weapon Allagan
Head Myth
Body Myth
Hands Myth
Legs Allagan
Feet Allagan
Waist Myth
Necklace Allagan Maiming
Earring Allagan Maiming
Bracelet Myth
Ring Allagan Striking
Ring2 Allagan Maiming
694.988

T5 463ACC(465)
Weapon Allagan
Head Myth
Body Myth
Hands Allagan
Legs Allagan
Feet Allagan
Waist Myth
Necklace Allagan Striking
Earring Tremor
Bracelet Myth
Ring Allagan Striking
Ring2 Allagan Maiming
698.693

[Dervy]

Ran it at 466 Accuracy using Button Mushroom Sautes to reach 472 accuracy, less overall stat weight score than the 476 set which was using Buttons in Blanket. Not even worth it.

As for 463,

Score without food: 692.053
Score with Deviled Eggs HQ (472 accuracy): 695.01172
Score with Buttons in Blankets HQ: 698.70036

Weapon: Allagan Spear
Head: Wyrm's Armet
Chest: Wyrm's Mail
Gloves: Allagan Gauntlets of Maiming
Waist: Hero's Belt of Maiming
Legs: Allagan Trousers of Maiming
Boots: Allagan Sollerets of maiming
Necklace: Allagan Choker of Striking
Bracelet: Hero's Bracelet of Slaying
Earrings: Tremor Earrings of Striking
Ring1: Allagan Ring of Striking
Ring2: Allagan Ring of Maiming

Accuracy: 463
Critical Hit Rate: 61
Skill Speed: 43
Determination: 159

The issue with this set, is to boost it so 472, you'll have to use HQ deviled eggs.

[Ayvar]

As for 463,

Score without food: 692.053

Weapon: Allagan Spear
Head: Wyrm's Armet
Chest: Wyrm's Mail
Gloves: Allagan Gauntlets of Maiming
Waist: Hero's Belt of Maiming
Legs: Allagan Trousers of Maiming
Boots: Allagan Sollerets of maiming
Necklace: Allagan Choker of Striking
Bracelet: Hero's Bracelet of Slaying
Earrings: Tremor Earrings of Striking
Ring1: Allagan Ring of Striking
Ring2: Allagan Ring of Maiming

Accuracy: 463
Critical Hit Rate: 61
Skill Speed: 43
Determination: 159

The issue with this set, is to boost it so 472, you'll have to use HQ deviled eggs.

Isn't this the same as was posted above:

T5 463ACC(465)
Weapon Allagan
Head Myth
Body Myth
Hands Allagan
Legs Allagan
Feet Allagan
Waist Myth
Necklace Allagan Striking
Earring Tremor
Bracelet Myth
Ring Allagan Striking
Ring2 Allagan Maiming

But yours says 463 accuracy, while the other is 465

[Dervy]

Isn't this the same as was posted above:



But yours says 463 accuracy, while the other is 465

The set has 465 accuracy, indeed. I was meant to say "aiming" for 463 accuracy. Was typing this post whilst raiding, not a good idea ahaha! That's also why it took me forever to post it >_<