Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[ColdestHeaven]

Quick question,

will the Astrum belt be better (has no det), vs a Wolfram belt with

Savage Aim 4 (+9 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 4 (+9 Accuracy)
Savage Aim 3 (+6 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 3 (+6 Accuracy)
Savage Might 2 (+3 Determination) DET II ?

I know there's a STR difference, but i'm just curious.
I've added both up, pentamelded tassets are about 22.xxx while astrum belt are 21.xxx.
Is it worth it? That one point of difference.

Really find that SS on the Astrum belt useless. I currently am using the Weathered Astrum Belt, but am contemplating if i should waste my sand on it, or pentameld the tassets.

Thanks.

From what I have read in this topic, Pentamelded belt > everything till High Allagan Belt from T9.

[ChaoticDarkGriever]

Quick question,

will the Astrum belt be better (has no det), vs a Wolfram belt with

Savage Aim 4 (+9 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 4 (+9 Accuracy)
Savage Aim 3 (+6 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 3 (+6 Accuracy)
Savage Might 2 (+3 Determination) DET II ?

I know there's a STR difference, but i'm just curious.
I've added both up, pentamelded tassets are about 22.xxx while astrum belt are 21.xxx.
Is it worth it? That one point of difference.

Really find that SS on the Astrum belt useless. I currently am using the Weathered Astrum Belt, but am contemplating if i should waste my sand on it, or pentameld the tassets.

Thanks.

From what I have read in this topic, Pentamelded belt > everything till High Allagan Belt from T9.

If you don't want to use the Sands of Time on the Weathered Astrum Belt or go through the expense of pentamelding a Wolfarm Belt, you can try going to ST and get The Guardian's Tassets of Maiming from the second boss. It's better than the Weathered Astrum Belt (19.9 to 19.026), but behind the Astrum Belt and the pentamelded Wolfarm Belt. However, that belt has 12 Determination where that W. Astrum Belt has 17 Skill Speed.

[Zangetsu98763]

My group finally got our first T9 kill last night, and guess what dropped ;D

[mero-ix]

So, I'm on T8 now and I was looking up some videos and found this:
Is this a decent guide to go by? --snip--

In that video their opening is a bit sloppy (using Life Surge directly after Leg Sweep), but yeah, that's the gist of it. (And that 1846 crit! str pots are OP lol.) No one's perfect, sometimes you'll clip your dots if you're not paying attention. Your dps is fine for your gear. Just find what works for you. It's not a contest, you're 1/8 of a group, just do your part. A lot of people will exaggerate their numbers anyway.

My group finally got our first T9 kill last night, and guess what dropped ;D

:l

Been downing it for weeks and we just get a bazillion WHM staffs. (Congrats btw!)

[VaShawn]

Is there a cap on damage no matter how high ilvl is? I'm at 106.

[Sygmaelle]

Any advice is appreciated.

Its not good. TTT the dread, end of story, thats how you deal high damage. Tricky part is the 3rd one where you gotta clip things in order to be able to do a full TTT on the dread or like, when you ll be done with re applyin everything on the avatar it ll already be at 30% ish so good luck with that

That and the opener, ew

[ColdestHeaven]

Is there a cap on damage no matter how high ilvl is? I'm at 106.

No. I am at i106 and my strongest full thrusts (without potions, still gotta understand how to use them properly) reach 1650 or so. When my gear was lower, my strongest full thrusts barely reached 1300. There is no such thing.

[mero-ix]

No. I am at i106 and my strongest full thrusts (without potions, still gotta understand how to use them properly) reach 1650 or so. When my gear was lower, my strongest full thrusts barely reached 1300. There is no such thing.

What's your gear? At i109 my full thrusts are doing 1650. I have all Soldiery except head (HA) on left side (belt not upgraded), all HA on right side except choker and ring, and Liberator.

[snowybell]

No. I am at i106 and my strongest full thrusts (without potions, still gotta understand how to use them properly) reach 1650 or so. When my gear was lower, my strongest full thrusts barely reached 1300. There is no such thing.

Is that with food? 1650 is pretty high.

[ColdestHeaven]

Is that with food? 1650 is pretty high.

With food (Buttons in a blanket NQ) and in party, yes. Both values were reported in those "conditions". It is high, but that's why I said "strongest full thrusts" - they don't happen very often, but they do show the difference gear does.

My gear is, at least during coil since I need more accuracy:

Left side.
- Wyrm's helmet.
- Guardian's breastplate.
- Astrum gloves.
- Guardian's belt.
- Guardian's legs.
- High Allagan boots.

Right side.
- Ribbon of slaying.
- High Allagan earrings of slaying.
- High Allagan bracelet of slaying.
- Gloam ring.
- High Allagan ring of slaying.

Gae Bolg Novus, 31 Det and 44 Crit.

During T9 I also switch the boots to Weathered astrum to cap the accuracy needed.