Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Aeromat]

594 dps in t12 last night <3 My raid member cleared everything below 13 before we started that turn though, but I do have a screenshot of his stream showing my dps on his RainbowMage mini parse in case anyone's a bit skeptical. Unmerged. Was really proud of myself and at what DRG can accomplish.

I tried tabbing Phlebotomize/Disembowl/Chaos Thrust between Bennus at the beginning of phase 3. As the first Bennu dies, the MT at the time will move to the side with all the other Bennus. Our BLM begins casting LB and as this happens, Dragonfire Dive. Since most of the Bennus have Disembowl on them, most of them will take the extra dmg from Dragonfire Dive. Of course dots are ticking on them all. I didn't have a problem with tp starting phase 4. Other than that just strong dps phase 1-2 and going into 4. Never leaving Phoenix and also no lbing at end because I forgot that's a thing ^^'

[Nocturcity]

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I'm actually interested in watching the video of it, do you have your friend's Twitch?

Well no one believes anything I say anyways lol, only Yan fanboys in here huehuehue. Don't believe anything Karama says unless he shows proof lol.

It's because you're a lowly dirty controller player.

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Truth right there, all this stat weight stuff is so boring, DPS optimization is the funnest part of raiding for me.

[Odowla]

Truth right there, all this stat weight stuff is so boring, DPS optimization is the funnest part of raiding for me.

Problem with telling people about it is just mostly if it contradicts the "theory" of optimal DPS, people don't want to hear it even if it's a DPS increase in practice. |

like in T10, it would be a DPS increase in theory to dot all 4 adds, but in practice thats a massive loss because of all the travel time, etc.

[SunnyHirose]

Problem with telling people about it is just mostly if it contradicts the "theory" of optimal DPS, people don't want to hear it even if it's a DPS increase in practice.

I think you may be underestimating how many people actually do want to hear it. Thing is, who has a bigger stake in saying something, someone who can only say "thanks", or a chronic naysayer? Anyway, don't let the bozos grind you down.

I can accept the official stance on parsing, but I think there is a side effect where it breeds a cynical culture of "brb using imagination since no parse". And even screenshots don't tell a complete story; it's rare that someone exports their complete combat logs to share publicly.

[Odowla]

I think you may be underestimating how many people actually do want to hear it. Thing is, who has a bigger stake in saying something, someone who can only say "thanks", or a chronic naysayer? Anyway, don't let the bozos grind you down.

I can accept the official stance on parsing, but I think there is a side effect where it breeds a cynical culture of "brb using imagination since no parse". And even screenshots don't tell a complete story; it's rare that someone exports their complete combat logs to share publicly.

usually i share my detailed breakdowns now, but t hats about it.

[Dervy]

it's rare that someone exports their complete combat logs to share publicly.

I think one issue is the lack of knowledge about ACT itself. Not many people even know how to import/export ACT logs, or even know where they're stored on ones computer.

Truth right there, all this stat weight stuff is so boring, DPS optimization is the funnest part of raiding for me.

What else is there to optimise about the Dragoon. All we do is poke a spear into something and pray we have crit RNG.

But seriously, strategic optimisation is something that we rarely ever talk about in this thread unless someone specifically brings it up. Aah well!

EDIT: Because I'm a dumbnuts.

[Dunncan]

I think one issue is the lack of knowledge about ACT itself. Not many people even know how to import/export ACT logs, or even know where they're stored on ones computer.

That, plus one thing that not everyone say, but happens. Sometimes, I just don't post my parse so I'll not "expose" any of my static members. Not everyone is ok in sharing their results and we could discuss for ever about it, but I just respect ones decision.

And even further, there's the "social media thing" where people will only expose their best and hide the worst. You don't get avarage numbers, always that optimal 1%~10%.

[Umbrax]

gg no re?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L3ofSi-i2g

[Aeromat]

I'm actually interested in watching the video of it, do you have your friend's Twitch?

I'll ask him if he'll allow me to link the vid from his stream For now, I'll link the screenshot I took from my laptop after our attempt. It has the RainbowMage mini parse on his stream in it. t12 DRG dps from stream.

Nice, my best on T12 has only is 554 I think, what was your crit%, crit dmg%, raid dps and kill time on that run? That's an insane run, good job!

Awesome! From the parse, seems like 18% crit. Unfortunately I can't tell you much more, wish I could because he cleared everything below t13 when we started BP But I'll try to get info from another member. Also, regarding your other comment on no one believing your high dps. I always have believed your numbers We seem to be around the same so I definitely believe.

[Sleigh]

I'll ask him if he'll allow me to link the vid from his stream For now, I'll link the screenshot I took from my laptop after our attempt. It has the RainbowMage mini parse on his stream in it. t12 DRG dps from stream.

Are you sure that's unmerged? Time says 01:36 on the top.

I do believe that number's possible if you guys had a long-ass fight and it ended right before second dodge phase, though. Would still probably need to sustain 630~ or so the entirety of your uptime to sustain that with the downtime (time waiting for Bennus to spawn, waiting for Phoenix to become mortal, dodge phase's 20s or so of standing around), which sounds hard without a NIN, though I could see the AoE/multi-DoTing portion slightly making up for that.