Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Jonnycbad]

If ilvl cap is gonna be huge and we're getting tons of new sets, almost no point in doing anything now until HW comes out. Like of the starting gear is 130-140, might as well relax and enjoy the game until then and not worry because all of our gear will be obsolete within the first few hours of leveling anyway.

[SunnyHirose]

According to Famitsu we get a skill called Battle Litany that raises party crit rate. And Azure Dragonsblood (or whatever... okay, "Blood of the Dragon" sounds kinda wordy to me just saiyan) raises the potency of certain skills.

[Dervy]

Geirskogul is most probably our AOE ability, if it stays in line with FFXIs Geirskogul . It's the, or one of the skills, which consumes Blood of the Dragon.

EDIT: Confused it with another skill, oops.

[ColdestHeaven]

Is it safe to assume that Blood of the Dragon (BTD) will increase Jump/Spineshatter potency? I read in at least one of the summaries that BTD somehow interacted with DRG jumps. Does it influence just that or does it buff our overall damage as well?

I'm also curious about the crit% boosted by Battle Litany and how long it lasts - at this point it'd probably make sense to use this one in lieu of Internal Release (at the very least in terms of "when to use it in the opening").

Geirskogul is most probably our AOE ability, if it stays in line with FFXIs Geirskogul. It's the, or one of the skills, which consumes Blood of the Dragon.

One of the summaries said that it was a frontal AOE, and then another summary linked a gif picturing the laser beam in the Job Actions video, so I'm inclined to believe that too. I have no idea what Geirskogul did in FFXI though.

[Dervy]

Nah, I muddled it up with another skill. Geirskogul in FFXI was just a front attack which granted a buff called "Shock Spikes?". Enemies that hit you receive damage.

[Jollyy5]

Depending on how much crit and for how long Battle Litany provides, it could make Dragoons a lot more appealing for raid groups.

Also, I noticed on one post how someone mentioned that Monks will be for the "elites" due to having to time skills and such, while Dragoon is the beginner DPS class..

Clearly he has never tried to play Dragoon well if claims DRGs don't have to time skills, and even then, Dragoon seems to become more technical and difficult to play in HW... And I'm very much okay with that.

[HulveinBlitz]

Battle Litany, seems interesting. Guess thats their attempt at utility?

[Aeromat]

"Dragoon has an ability that raises the critical hit ratio of other party members.
Dragoon focuses on holding the "Blood of the Blue Dragon" buff by using new moves. If you can hold it long enough, you are able to use ゲイルスコグル (Geirusukoguru?), which is a really big hit."

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[edit]: Battle Litany for the first one, also increases for self.

[Dervy]

Geriusukoguru is Geirskogul. Norse Mythology. FFXI skill.

And yeah, looks interesting. The burst capabilities of these new jobs seem too absurd now. The fact with IR and a good CRT+ RNjesus, you can get 30-40% in your opener, BL will easily push boundaries.

Bards might actually be 1000dps!

EDIT:

True Thrust -> Vorpal Thrust -> Full Thrust -> Ryu Kiba Ryu Tsume/Dragon Claw/Dragons Talon

Impulse Drive -> Disembowel -> Chaos Thrust -> Ryū bidai sharin -> Dragon Tail Swipe/Wheeling Thrust

Those are the combos, in case anyone were confused.

[Jollyy5]

Bards might actually be 1000dps!

As long as we are higher. :V