Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Jeckyl_Tesla]

You should be getting about 700 DPS with that gear. 800 once you can upgrade the weapon.

She's trolling you, don't listen to her.

What bloody casual pulls 800 DPS? 1000+ DPS or you're a loldrg.

[Zankes]

I hate to ask, but what kinda DPS should I do with this gear until I run out of TP after I invigorate correctly until it's not possible anymore?

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PLD8

I have been hovering around 605-620 so just wondering could I improve, I used no pots, not food and no mercy stroke. Only done a few parses though as I can't parse myself.

[SunnyHirose]

Sounds alright.

[EllPii]

I've been thinking about how much latency affects a person's damage output, because I had a friend increase his dps by 10% by switching servers.
I strictly follow the rotation to the dot, but I notice people manage to parse slightly higher on dummies.
I know RNG could also be a factor, but I tried to scrutinise this by looking at the damage to the critical hit %.

Given if a fight on average is 10 minutes.
10min = 600sec
600s / 2.5s gcd = 240 moves

Now my ping is ~240ms to the servers.

600s + (240gcd * 0.240ms) = 600 + 57.6s, thus it takes me 657.6 seconds to theoretically execute those 240 moves

Comparatively, a person native/closer to the servers.

100ms
600 + (240 * 0.100) = 624s

50ms
600 + (240 * 0.050) = 612s

If I take the difference in duration as a percentage increase relative to dps (don't know how correct this is).
240ms to 100ms: 5.11% (@620dps increases to 652dps)
240ms to 50ms: 6.93% (@620dps increases to 663dps)

How practical would this be?

[Noxotic]

Here's the only two crafted sets I personally recommend:

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PAAG - A bit pricey, but solid

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PAF8 - Cheapest set. Best Cost/DPS ratio.




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Couldn't you meld Skill Speed 3 instead of 4 on all meldable items in the first set and the loss would be around 3? That could be another way to save money on that set but still be over 390 skill speed?

[Dervy]

I don't believe the impact is as much as you've mentioned as there's actually ability queueing in this game (Hence why you should be spamming your abilities). But yes, there will be an increase of DPS with a much lower latency. For Ninja's though, those numbers would be accurate. JP ninja's literally have no latency with Mudras so their DPS is much higher than their EU/NA counterparts.

Couldn't you meld Skill Speed 3 instead of 4 on all meldable items in the first set and the loss would be around 3? That could be another way to save money on that set but still be over 390 skill speed?

Unfortunately, melding III's over IV's would render them trash, lol, and will be replaced by i130 counterparts. They have to be melded specifically like that, otherwise they'll not be BiS

[Noxotic]

Individually though no? Mind you I'm not as in depth as you are with BiS Calc and such, but together as a whole doesn't that set hold up better than the i130 when put together still?

[EllPii]

Precisely why I never hopped on the ninja train. Mudras will not work for life of me.
That, and the fact that there would a permanent thorn on my side knowing that I could never min/max like everyone else.

The play style of a Dragoon fits higher latency perfectly, slower gcd, hard hits.
Even so, I only wish I could squeeze those last few percentages, but alas I don't have endless wealth.

[rickyguo]

another week with no drops boys

[HulveinBlitz]

another week with no drops boys

Don't worry, you'll get it in time for 3.0 when it's completely redundant.