Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Dervy]

You're looking at it from a Skill vs Skill perspective, assuming LS falls on CT constantly every 50s. The falling of CT rotates between CT and FT, therefore you'd need to calculate the average PPS of both of the skills combined.

So really, 180/62.5 = 2.88

180 + 125 = 305/2 = 152.5 /50 = 3.05

You have to remember that the PPS for one of the Full Thrusts would be 180/50 = 3.6 when alternating betwen FT and CT.

[HaelseMikiro]

You're looking at it from a Skill vs Skill perspective, assuming LS falls on CT constantly every 50s. The falling of CT rotates between CT and FT, therefore you'd need to calculate the average PPS of both of the skills combined.

So really, 180/62.5 = 2.88

180 + 125 = 305/2 = 152.5 /50 = 3.05

You have to remember that the PPS for one of the Full Thrusts would be 180/50 = 3.6 when alternating betwen FT and CT.

Yeah, I've got all that just fine. But your 3.05 is on the assumptions that LS is always used immediately as it comes off cooldown, and that it always comes off cooldown immediately prior to CT or FT. This is likely not the reality for every skill speed value between 341 and 390, if any.

And my 2.88 assumes you will always wait 5 GCDs (with 341 SkS) after LS is off cooldown, before you use it for FT, also not always the case, and having any skill speed at all on your character will actually raise the pps >2.88. (Not a huge amount though, 2.46 GCD brings it to ~2.89, while waiting only 4 GCDs would make it 3.0)
The true numbers for both methods lie in between 2.88 and 3.05, and that's what I'm wanting to find. I'm planning on running some tests using both methods and just focusing on how many times LS is used, and how many GCDs I have to hold it for FT on average.

Edit: Not sure if it's good for the theory crafting or not, but I'm considering ignoring the first Life Surge use on each test, since a 50 second cooldown isn't required before using it. So tests where I alternate CT/FT I will still make sure to have an equal number of LS used for each