How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[JackFross]

Thanks for reposting this awesome and informative guide!

So I had a question (not sure if this was asked already or not; I will delete this post if so), but how would we set up this rotation on a hotbar for those on PC playing with a controller (an XB1 controller specifically for myself)? Thanks in advance!

There's several options listed here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-setup-for-DRG

If you wanna convert those longer listed setups to 360 controllers, follow this handy guide:
O = B
▲= Y
◘ = X
X = A

Major recommendations:
1. Get used to extended bars. Do not use them to keep some always-used skills like mounts and such. It's way more efficient and much faster to use the extended bars (RT>LT and LT>RT being two distinct bars) to hold your extra skills, rather than tapping RB to cycle. This is more just a general rule of thumb.
2. Try and keep the majority of your attacking skills in places you can hit while moving - particularly the ones with positional requirements. For me, that tends to be the face buttons (ABXY) and down on the d-pad.
3. Get used to extended bars. Seriously. I swear by them, and have yet to meet someone who uses R1/RB cycling for their main skills while maintaining high dps. It's clunky and awkward comparatively.
4. Don't be afraid to hide less-used skills on a hard-to-reach hotbar (via R1/RB cycling) such as Piercing Talon, Feint, Doom Spike, and Ring of Thorns.
5. Match skills across jobs! Keep your primary skills for each job in the same basic place. It makes it really easy to swap from one to another without needing to remember how things are set up. For example, where I have the Full Thrust combo is also where I have Fire 1-3-4 and Thunder 3 on Black Mage, and Syphon Strike combos for Dark Knight, and it's where I have Cure 1-2/Regen/Tetra and Physick/Adlo/Lustrate/Embrace on WHM and SCH.

[Sennema]

really good points but I have to shorten for character requirements

Agreed on all points, although I'm hesitant to use separate bars for Rt>lt, Lt>rt although I'm sure it would make life easier, I just tend to go RT first every time and haven't bothered to train myself to go LT first ever. I use R1 cycling but only use the right side of hotbar 2. That said, sometimes things don't go off (When B4B doesn't trigger on an opener, rage ensues). Maybe I'd have better success if I just took the time to train myself into a new habit... Must investigate.

I find R1 cycling seems to work ok for me as DRG, and even as DRK, but scholar it gives me problems (Although I should get rid of the pet hotbar maybe and move some skills) and also as I approach 50 BLM I'm quickly finding my hotbar is getting sloppy.