Dragoons... how do you feel post 4.0?

[Eyvhokan]

Time to level that SAM, or a NIN?

The optimist in me says that the initial 20s will help keep it up (as the cooldown is 30s), as it makes it slightly less vulnerable to mechanics if starting early.

Maybe it should just be made a trait and you get time for hitting combo 4 and 5, and making eyes permanent. Then the whole idea is you build the bar from nothing to get a decent time when you activate Nastrond (which is also kind of underwhelming).

[Shurrikhan]

Time to level that SAM, or a NIN?

The optimist in me says that the initial 20s will help keep it up (as the cooldown is 30s), as it makes it slightly less vulnerable to mechanics if starting early.

Maybe it should just be made a trait and you get time for hitting combo 4 and 5, and making eyes permanent. Then the whole idea is you build the bar from nothing to get a decent time when you activate Nastrond (which is also kind of underwhelming).

That would be an improvement, at least. Though, what then would be the point of one's 56 and 58 abilities prior to level 70? Just making it so eyes don't disappear when losing Blood of the Dragon would bring Dragoon up to most jobs' quality of life.

If we could just get the cooldown on Geirskogul reduced to 30 seconds and Chaos Thrust's periodic potency increased from 35 to 40 (total from 620 to 670), the job probably would probably perform acceptably. I'd rather have that and a weaker improvement to Lance Mastery, honestly, if only to increase multi-DoTing capabilities and allow us to use a tri-combo with a single +2 in order not to clip HT/CT, and to have greater flexibility in Life Surge timing and positionals.