How to Dragoon Per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Dervy]

hmm, I agree that the pot should be used after Impulse Drive. obviously, the rotation you've been working with for oGCDs doesn't work if you just move everything back a step (you don't want to pop BotD after Impulse Drive!)

here's what I'm thinking for an opener without a pot:
HT -> IR + LSW -> ID -> BL + B4B -> DIS -> PS + BotD -> CT -> DFD -> 4TH -> Jump -> Phleb -> SSD -> TT -> GK -> VT -> LS -> FT

BFB + BL should always be used after HT. Most PPS out of your skills.

Personally, I want to favor IR+BotD rather than BotD+IR, since the former gives us a fraction of a second more leeway for Blood of the Dragon's timer. Does BotD+IR give us IR for the 4th combo hit after FT or something?

Yah, but the timing is pretty tight. If you have Aiuri's SS, then it should work, given good latency. I'd rather go IR -> BotD due to EU poop-tier latency...

EDIT:

Even with around 2.45 GCD I can do GK after the first 4th combo, and reach the second 4th just fine. The first fully buffed GK is nice, but I could see reasons to hold it, is all I was saying.

Yah, it agree with you. It's just a safety measure - GK below 21s is risky. Don't you have problems with the 3rd GK however? Your BotD should run out around when you should be using your 3rd GK if I'm not mistaken, or am I wrong in assuming this?