Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Butcherboy]

Question on drg for Levi ex fight. Are drg good on that fight? What dps number I should b looking for? I'm ilvl93 and I know how to play the job. But I started farming it, but having problem keeping 200+ dps that I'm having problems.

[Itseotle]

Question on drg for Levi ex fight. Are drg good on that fight? What dps number I should b looking for? I'm ilvl93 and I know how to play the job. But I started farming it, but having problem keeping 200+ dps that I'm having problems.

A good DRG can do all fights, even Garuda Ex (dont let baddies tell you otherwise). 200+ is slightly low, but 250 iirc is a good baseline on levi. There's a couple tricks I use to boost my numbers on that fight, such as holding DFD for when theres the 2 adds, having Levi slam me into his face so I can Phleb his face before starting rotation on the tail (it just just over 1 GCD to run across the boat), always make sure dots are up before he dives, and save Spineshatter for spumes if possible. Don;t forget you can also use Elusive Jump to bounce from 1 spume to the next.

I do it, I have it set to a fast hot key so I can quickly take it off when I have to move out of an aoe like circle blade etc. Keeps your auto attacks going at all times. It's a small DPS increase compared to legacy without lock on.

Very small especially if you move with strafes. Its really user preference imo.

290-ish, unless with X-potion of strength, then, you can push to 300, but not over 310. My DPS at the stage in t8 was 296DPS. Oh I forget, I use Button in a Blanket HQ as food, X-Potion of Strength for burst, and my acc is 520.

Not to offend but that seems a bit low. I can't recall what I was doing for my first attempts at 2nd coil but I do recall at flat i90 with relic zenith on First coil being able to easily pull 300+ on fights like Cad and ADS (old school style). I also remember pre-2.2 a BiS DRG (i91) could max out about 350. This all depends on how many mechanics your taking care of however. Less mechanics is more DPS for you.

And here I thought I was doing bad sitting around 260 -270 in T6/T7. x.x; Weapon must be holding me back more than I thought. Gotta work on my animus faster I guess.

Thats actually really good considering all the potential for downtime, such as bad luck with vines/honey/devour/blighted.

[LionKing]

Not to offend but that seems a bit low. I can't recall what I was doing for my first attempts at 2nd coil but I do recall at flat i90 with relic zenith on First coil being able to easily pull 300+ on fights like Cad and ADS (old school style). I also remember pre-2.2 a BiS DRG (i91) could max out about 350. This all depends on how many mechanics your taking care of however. Less mechanics is more DPS .

Ha, don't feel sorry. . However, compare DPS wise between Cad and ADS, where you literally doing nothing except to avoid Tail Swipe and Repelling Cannon (AOE around the boss), to the boss in t6,where there are a lot more downtimes, BB, Vines,Stacks for Acid Rain) is a bit unfair, don't you think? Plus not to mention, the boss has more defensive stats compared to the first Coil. Also, 290+ DpS is given based on he only has i100 Weapon and Ilv 98 in total. As for me, that was also my average DPS when I was ilv 96 with Levi Weapon. Nevertheless, I will re-evaluate my performance to see if I can push it a bit further.

[Itseotle]

Ah I thought we were comparing T8, which is similar to Cad.