How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Claymore022]

So do drgs think about Trick Attack at all? I'm still getting the rotation down so i don't really pay attention to how my CDs align with how it's used through out a fight. But i know on monk i'd think about it a lot. Do any drgs plan some of their CDs around it/ ever hold anything for it?

[mosaicex]

So do drgs think about Trick Attack at all? I'm still getting the rotation down so i don't really pay attention to how my CDs align with how it's used through out a fight. But i know on monk i'd think about it a lot. Do any drgs plan some of their CDs around it/ ever hold anything for it?

NIN should be the one planning TA around the party, not the other way around (syncing it around B4B cooldown is a good start since they are all shared with most DPS). Especially for DRG, since it's an immense DPS loss holding out our oGCDs.

[Sentinillia]

So do drgs think about Trick Attack at all? I'm still getting the rotation down so i don't really pay attention to how my CDs align with how it's used through out a fight. But i know on monk i'd think about it a lot. Do any drgs plan some of their CDs around it/ ever hold anything for it?

The best you can do is communicate with your NIN about Battle Litany and Trick Attack cooldowns. You can usually land them both in the same window without losing an usage of either. Obviously you can also hold Geirskogul for a time if you know Trick Attack is on it's way in the next 10 seconds or so. Sometimes I like to hold OGCds for Trick Attack but this is a very case by case basis since losing even a single use is a DPS loss overall.

One example would be the little phase between the first Limit Cut and ATM (ship phase) on a11s to skip Lapis. The timeframe is small enough for you to not lose an usage and the long downtime right after ensures that everything will be up anyways once you land. This of course is highly dependent on your whole team's DPS output.