Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Dervy]

Fixed...

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OUAY

[Cyfer]

Just got Longinus on my DRG, the weapon looks very disappointing. . . It looks more like a BLM staff rather than a spear =(

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[Aiurily]

tempted to just go and get started on a gae bolg atma or zenith to glamour over that w

[Dunncan]

Fixed...

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OUAY

So, I'm pretty new to FF and just started to do updated endgame content. As for BiS gears, I see a lot of informations end usually get confused, so I have some questions about this set you sugests.

As of DRG current stats weights, I usually go for the Acc cap (pre-t13 in this case) and then just try to stack as much Det>Crit as I can get. As I have been reading so far, SS is pretty useless and even when you stack it to get more 1 or 2 GCD on burst, looks like the TP cost and "dificult" don't pay off the DPS increase on this scenario. Am I wrong? That beeing said, is any need to get ANY SS on gear? I ask this specially for the Dread Chest. The Det from the poetics chest is more valuable then the Dread crit and even that over capped accuracy could help in some (rare) situations when you end up hitting the boss from the front.

[Andyman]

Just got Longinus on my DRG, the weapon looks very disappointing. . . It looks more like a BLM staff rather than a spear =(

It does look like a blm weapon. Zenith was my favourite. Never really liked the re-colour the atma brought.

[Orlandeu]

Since we are talking about ugly spears, let me spew out that the dreadwyrm spear is extremely lackluster and just plain ugly.

Being the top tier and currently the best weapon in game, you'd think it would have more character to it. The allagan spear, albeit the can opener appearance, had a special sound when you draw it. The High allagan had a red glowy scheme and a lightsaber-esque sound effect when you draw it.
The dreadwyrm? Sounds like a weathered spear, doesn't look like a spear at all. It has a short fat head. Ugh its so ugly.

[siverstorm]

HA spear kinda looks like a shovel tho. But I think that was the general consensus of most of the dreadwyrm gear, just no bueno.

[kyrios91]

Just got Longinus on my DRG, the weapon looks very disappointing. . . It looks more like a BLM staff rather than a spear =(

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Actually the style and the color theme + red gems look good. The problem is the head(s) of the spear itself - it's just twirled and pointed to random directions. IMO it would be better if all the 3 points meet in the center.

[Dervy]

So, I'm pretty new to FF and just started to do updated endgame content. As for BiS gears, I see a lot of informations end usually get confused, so I have some questions about this set you sugests.

Even though SS isn't favoured, it does in fact hold some weight and does help increase your overall DPS output. Saying it's absolutely useless is far, far from the truth. Hell, I'm still rocking 481 SS and I'm comfortable with it.

Augmented Ironworks Chest:
DET: 23*0.325 = 7.521

Dreadwyrm Mail:
CRT: 33*0.223 = 7.359
SS: 47*0.198 = 9.306
Total: 16.665

At a very basic level of gearing up, ensuring you're hitting those Item Level increases whilst reaching for those accuracy requirements for the content you're currently tackling is more than enough. Just use the BiS sets I post as guide-lines for what you should be obtaining and optimise later down the road. Unless you're pushing for world/server firsts, aiming for that 2-4 DPS increase doesn't do much.

[rickyguo]

people keep repeating the 6% bard dps increase

think bards are doing more non-dot damage now

I'm seeing dots being 15-18% of my bards damage in t10-t13 aka disembowel should now be like 8% and was like 8.2%-8.5% for my bard.