How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Vincent_Mateus]

I want sub 500 SS to be honest. It doesn't benefit us at all and I'd take the extra 1,000-1,100 I have and put it right into Direct Hit

[Khel]

It's ridiculous

[LiquidSwordz]

My biggest gripe with SE is not making dragonfire dive count as a jump. If it did, getting into LotD would be so much faster especially in the opener. I hope they fix us soon. It's kind of depressing

[JustMatt]

The only changes I really want to see is a 5% buff to the heavy thrust damage modifier, and have the eyes separate from BotD.

I also feel that Dragon Sight can be a bit clunky at times (won't be a problem in an organised raid setting). Maybe they need to change to the skill a bit simply because of how it interacts in dungeons.

[LiquidSwordz]

Yes I constantly give it to the tank because most times other melee don't get to the boss on time while I'm doing the opener. Sucks you actually have to target the party member. Doing the rotation just feels weird now

[Gravton]

Yes I constantly give it to the tank because most times other melee don't get to the boss on time while I'm doing the opener. Sucks you actually have to target the party member. Doing the rotation just feels weird now

Yeah I have a macro now for <2> and it's always the tank. I don't even bother if there are other mele. It's lazy and it sucks but there it is.

[SunnyHirose]

It'd be better to put it on just anyone than to have to chase down the one person your macro will target. This is what I came up with:

/macroicon "Dragon Sight"
/macroerror
/action "Dragon Sight" <mo>
/action "Dragon Sight" <t>
/action "Dragon Sight" <6>
/action "Dragon Sight" <4>
/action "Dragon Sight" <2>
/action "Dragon Sight" <3>
/action "Dragon Sight" <7>
/action "Dragon Sight" <8>
/action "Dragon Sight" <5>

The order here assumes default sort and is a compromise between light and full parties (since let's face it, it would be a pain to swap this out depending on the duty). With that in mind, the priority should be obvious: explicitly chosen target > likely to be melee > likely to be a tank > likely to be a dps > healer

As clunky as macros are, this is a resigned "well, I'm not very well going to accurately pick a working target every time, nor consistently get it within the 300ms I could gain with actual queueing". In large part, how bad this feels is a key factor in why I'm on hiatus from playing dragoon even casually.

[Vincent_Mateus]

Anyone care to elaborate on how the JP Dragoons are feeling? I've heard they dislike it equally but I figured someone might be able to go in depth. I hope they're more vocal than we are... maybe something will actually be done then

[Coldbrand]

Anyone care to elaborate on how the JP Dragoons are feeling? I've heard they dislike it equally but I figured someone might be able to go in depth. I hope they're more vocal than we are... maybe something will actually be done then

Let's hope so since what they say is all that matters.

[Frowny]

Anyone care to elaborate on how the JP Dragoons are feeling? I've heard they dislike it equally but I figured someone might be able to go in depth. I hope they're more vocal than we are... maybe something will actually be done then

We're vocal but as Cold mentioned, their words tend to carry more weight.