DRG rant, is it really only just me? (Melee DPS balance).

[FoxyAreku]

DRG's are better than monks right now, monks have more sustained, but dragoons buff the sustained damage of not only themselves, but of bards and machinists as well. And since you need a bard or machinist in every progression group...it's better to have a dragoon.

[Ggx]

What a horribly biased post. DRG harder to master than Monk or Ninja? lol

DRG has never been the hardest of the three melee to learn, or master. None of the melee are particularly hard, hell none of the classes in this game are hard to play at all, but DRG is especially not hard.

[DestinovaTrueblade]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...xander_savage/
This sums up the state of 3 melees pretty nicely.

[Ephier]

What a horribly biased post. DRG harder to master than Monk or Ninja? lol

DRG has never been the hardest of the three melee to learn, or master. None of the melee are particularly hard, hell none of the classes in this game are hard to play at all, but DRG is especially not hard.

Can not agree with that. As a MNK main from 2.4 and a NIN main from 2.4~2.55, those two are definitely easier to learn and master than DRG because they are no where near as strict rotation wise.

[RapBreon]

What a horribly biased post. DRG harder to master than Monk or Ninja? lol

DRG has never been the hardest of the three melee to learn, or master. None of the melee are particularly hard, hell none of the classes in this game are hard to play at all, but DRG is especially not hard.

Can I be your disciple?

[Transfinite]

If you're worried about Dragoons becoming benchwarmers or unemployed when it comes to getting a slot as a Melee DPS in the hardest raid tier team, calm down you've gotten nothing to worry about. The only reasons I see that raiding statics would not have a Dragoon with them are:

1. There's already a Dragoon in their static.

2. For some odd reason they cannot find a relatively geared Dragoon on their server that can attend their raid time and dates.

3. Non-world first or server-first Statics that are taking it slow through just gearing up with Alex normal and Esoteric gear until they feel comfortable that they can beat A1S with or without a Dragoon.

[Leonus]

What a horribly biased post. DRG harder to master than Monk or Ninja? lol

DRG has never been the hardest of the three melee to learn, or master. None of the melee are particularly hard, hell none of the classes in this game are hard to play at all, but DRG is especially not hard.

This is completely subjective, and varies from person to person. Of the 3 melee to me, it was drg 》nin 》mnk in terms of difficulty. Again, it completely depends on the person. Like you said though, none of the melee are really that hard.

[Waliel]

If you're worried about Dragoons becoming benchwarmers or unemployed when it comes to getting a slot as a Melee DPS in the hardest raid tier team, calm down you've gotten nothing to worry about. The only reasons I see that raiding statics would not have a Dragoon with them are:

1. There's already a Dragoon in their static.

2. For some odd reason they cannot find a relatively geared Dragoon on their server that can attend their raid time and dates.

3. Non-world first or server-first Statics that are taking it slow through just gearing up with Alex normal and Esoteric gear until they feel comfortable that they can beat A1S with or without a Dragoon.

Or the fourth reason that you simply don't care if your raid composition is optimal or if you have a DRG or not.

[PheonixCain]

the day i started being a Dragoon, i have alrdy accepted my fate

my job is to burst down some mofo faster than anyone else, for example adds, or A3S the hp gap before hands of pain, etc etc

so unless i am at my burst period, i chill, i will relax, observe, just keep doing the simple things and stay alive, let the Mnk to deal that sustain dmg, but when i burst, no one else cud catch up to me, that's the idea

[Kaisersoke]

Can not agree with that. As a MNK main from 2.4 and a NIN main from 2.4~2.55, those two are definitely easier to learn and master than DRG because they are no where near as strict rotation wise.

As a dragoon main from 2.0 to 2.4, and a nin main onwards, with all leveled to 50 by 2.4, i disagree, and say that because of dragoons strict, straightforward rotation, that it is the easiest of the three to master, and that it has very little variation even now at 60. the strictness of dragoon optimal rotation is exactly why it will always be easiest to learn and master. you will never NOT know what your next move is unless its on your 4th tier random proc, and even then.. you either go flank or rear. dragoon is painfully easy, especially once learned