Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Yfamura]

The theory is that there will be another upgrade to base damage before a new coil raid is introduced (2.4?) so accuracy will be viable.
For your second point, afaik Sands and Unidentified Stones will drop from the new CT in 2.3, which will make getting Liberator *MUCH* easier than getting Novus, which really makes the Novus kind of an odd "upgrade" at the moment.

I don't think there will be another base damage upgrade before 2.4, it would render the clearing of T9 completely useless and SE definitely doesn't want that. Also if you remember when the 2.2 cames out we didn't have any trouble matching the required accuracy for T6-T7, so in my opinion putting ACC on a potential post 2.4 BiS weapon is kinda a waiste...

[whiskeybravo]

Just recently I hit Lvl 50 with my Dragoon, and I'm looking for some help or pointers for setting up a hotbar using the ps4 controller. Mostly all I see are PC hotbars, and I'm still new to this game and MMOs in general so any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

I could list my exact setup (which works well for me) but it would be a wall of text.

The general idea I try to use is keep attack abilities (Heavy thrust, Impulse, Disembowel, the "thrust" attacks, etc) on the face buttons (square, triangle, X, circle) so that you can move + attack at the same time. All of my off-GCD abilites (lone exception is jump on triangle) are on the directional buttons, which makes it easy to tap and weave into the normal combos.

In fact.. I have a live stream from the other week I was doing for our FC so they could watch us fail at t6.. Link here: http://www.twitch.tv/whiskey1bravo/b/535172855

I start out as Paladin - fast-forward to about 1:44:00 and you can see my basic set up on Dragoon

[Ricdeau]

The theory is that there will be another upgrade to base damage before a new coil raid is introduced (2.4?) so accuracy will be viable.
For your second point, afaik Sands and Unidentified Stones will drop from the new CT in 2.3, which will make getting Liberator *MUCH* easier than getting Novus, which really makes the Novus kind of an odd "upgrade" at the moment.

Actually they only referenced that Sands and Oil of Time will drop from the new CT. No mention of Unidentified Allagan Tomestones. Who knows what will happen though. So it's not as odd of an upgrade with that in mind (just really really time consuming). Now future content can certainly make it an odd upgrade depending on weapon ilvls.

You can find the question and answer here from the last Q&A:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...98#post2159098

[whiskeybravo]

Except that the stats will replace the current stats, and not add to them.

Yea, can't I just skip the materia melds and get an upgraded GB as is? All of the tears.. ;;

[Alenore]

Yea, can't I just skip the materia melds and get an upgraded GB as is? All of the tears.. ;;

Nope! Even if you want these stats, you'll have to get the materia ^^ Sorry bud

[InfiniDragon]

So, I've been running T8 with a few folks from my FC as a backup (I don't have a static group) and I'm wondering where my DPS should be for my gear level.

I'm only i94 at the moment (which I think is a bit undergeared for that but eh) and I wanted to know what sort of DPS I should be hitting in T8 with a Wave Harpoon, one HA (gloves) and some Soldiery stuff (belt, ring, choker).

Also, is the full rotation recommended for top DPS on that fight, or one of the shortened versions? It seems like the full one would be best (I currently use it in T8) but any advice on rotation, when to use CDs in the rotation would be appreciated.

Since I'm not really geared for it but my friends let me go anyway for the practice, I'd like to do the best I can in terms of DPS until I can get more gear.

[FantasyForever]

*snip*.

Go check out your dps on a training dummy and whatever that is, is what your dps should be.(or very close) Use pot at the start and then again when they are back up.

Also I believe the guide on the first post tells you everything you need to know about rotation and when to use CDs.

[Nabian]

So, I've been running T8 with a few folks from my FC as a backup (I don't have a static group) and I'm wondering where my DPS should be for my gear level.

I'm only i94 at the moment (which I think is a bit undergeared for that but eh) and I wanted to know what sort of DPS I should be hitting in T8 with a Wave Harpoon, one HA (gloves) and some Soldiery stuff (belt, ring, choker).

Also, is the full rotation recommended for top DPS on that fight, or one of the shortened versions? It seems like the full one would be best (I currently use it in T8) but any advice on rotation, when to use CDs in the rotation would be appreciated.

Since I'm not really geared for it but my friends let me go anyway for the practice, I'd like to do the best I can in terms of DPS until I can get more gear.

With my ilvl81 drg I pull around 280-300 on a dummy. I'd imagine you should around 350 - 400 with your gear.

[Riotpersona]

So, I've been running T8 with a few folks from my FC as a backup (I don't have a static group) and I'm wondering where my DPS should be for my gear level.

I'm only i94 at the moment (which I think is a bit undergeared for that but eh) and I wanted to know what sort of DPS I should be hitting in T8 with a Wave Harpoon, one HA (gloves) and some Soldiery stuff (belt, ring, choker).

Also, is the full rotation recommended for top DPS on that fight, or one of the shortened versions? It seems like the full one would be best (I currently use it in T8) but any advice on rotation, when to use CDs in the rotation would be appreciated.

Since I'm not really geared for it but my friends let me go anyway for the practice, I'd like to do the best I can in terms of DPS until I can get more gear.

With your gear I would expect around 320~360 dps (ACT) on turn 8, depending on how many mechanics you need to pick up.

[whiskeybravo]

Should I be expecting considerably less damage on t6 compared to t8? Trying to give my raid leader a point of reference, the vines are absolutely killing me, though.