Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Jollyy5]

I used to hate Elusive Jump, but once I learned to use it better, it's become one of my favorite skills.

Best example I have is when I was fighting Shiva EX: Tank died and I took the aggro, used Keen Flurry and other defensive abilities until the tank came back, after which I Elusive Jumped, dumping the aggro on the tank WHILE avoiding the race cars with it.

Suffice to say I felt good that day.

[Jonnycbad]

Yeah the enmity shed is useful for times like those, though those scenarios happen pretty rarely. I mainly use it to dodge aoe and i've actually never had an issue with a "wtf how did i die, i elusive jumped that!" I guess due to good latency/judgement. I like using it in T9 during thunder out/fire out and keeping dps pressure on with piercing talons, or during titan EX weight of the lands if i just landed from a regular jump. Speeding it up so its less floaty would be cool though.

[RachaelMarie22]

Right trigger + Face Buttons
HT
ID
Dis
CT

Right Trigger + D-pad
IR
Leg
B4B
SSD

Left Trigger + Face Buttons
Ph
TT
VT
FT

Left Trigger + D-Pad
PS
Jump
Mercy
LS

Combined LT+RT+Face Buttons (utility abilities/aoe([except dfd which is in rotation])
Invigorate
Doom Spike
Piercing Talon (use while running to/from mechanics)
DFD

Combined RT+LT+D-Pad (ohsh*t abilities)
Defense Macro (combines Keen+Foresight)
Second Wind
Bloodbath
Elusive Jump

I'm confused..you should still have slots on the expanded hot bars? You get 8 for r2+l2 and 8 for l2+r2. I have skills doubled up on my expanded bars and 3 potion slots..So will have plenty of room for HW skills!

[Jonnycbad]

Oh i forgot about LT+RT and RT+LT, i have both combinations reference the same palette because in the heat of the battle, the order in which you hit the shoulder bars is pretty bleh, but I guess I'll have to train myself. Ffxiv feels more and more like a fighting game, with comples timings and button combinations and mashing...compared to FFXI which was more about gear and buffs from support-type jobs

[Dunncan]

I'm confused..you should still have slots on the expanded hot bars? You get 8 for r2+l2 and 8 for l2+r2. I have skills doubled up on my expanded bars and 3 potion slots..So will have plenty of room for HW skills!

Yeah, it's pretty strange. Actually, we have:

LT 8 Buttons (4 Face and 4 Pad);
RT 8 Buttons (4 Face and 4 Pad);
LT+RT 8 Buttons (4 Face and 4 Pad);
RT+LT 8 Buttons (4 Face and 4 Pad);

He's missing 8 buttons on the actual UI. I think there'll be plenty room for new skills, specially if, life other MMOs, some new skills end up replacing old ones.

[Jollyy5]

Having a mouse with 12 thumb buttons and a CTRL button for my ring finger, I can have 24 keybinds on my mouse alone.

PC raster mace.

[Leoheart]

I made this post on Reddit a while back, if you're playing on gamepad then look this up:

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...r_help/ci22r2x

[Gh0st_Pr0digy]

Oh i forgot about LT+RT and RT+LT, i have both combinations reference the same palette because in the heat of the battle, the order in which you hit the shoulder bars is pretty bleh, but I guess I'll have to train myself. Ffxiv feels more and more like a fighting game, with comples timings and button combinations and mashing...compared to FFXI which was more about gear and buffs from support-type jobs

i used to be the same way i had LT+RT/RT+LT bring up my jumps, power surge, second wind, blood bath and potions then i changed it so only LT+RT brought them up and practice on a dummy for awhile to get more used to it. other classes that I havent spent as much time on have been harder to get used to such a change lol

[RachaelMarie22]

I must admit, the l2+r2 and r2+l2 is a pain in the ass when you mean to hit doomspike and waste an xpot

[Jonnycbad]

PC is a platform, not a race. Can we stop humanizing machines, it's too soon.

On a serious note, yeah I map both RT+LT and LT+RT to the same palette because I don't want the order in which I press the shoulder keys to bring up palettes differentially, because during mechanics, I'll probably screw it up. Also I doubt many abilities would become onsolete given that 80% of our weapon skills are used in combos (really just Feint and Ring of Thorns are despensible), and oGCD will always be good.