Why do the people allways want the drg to become a gummi bear?
Yeah, the jumps are the most iconic stuff of them. But, as a fighter are they limited to (they bring you in questionable positions). The drg is not only a jumper, but a spearfighter to, who is in close combat. Even Estenien use jumps barely in cutscene, if he is not fighting a flying enemie.

The Dash is simply a forward jump. The direct jump has probably a gameplay reason, that you are jumping back to your starting point (originaly, did you truly jumped to the target and than back, but, it created problems with aoe attacks of enemie and restricted the drg, that was changed in EW for gameplay reason).

Whe have dragondive and Star dive for cap closer, with 2 charges of Dash. That create enough mobility (and even dragon dive is mostly used together with the dragon soul as dmg skill, and not as closer).
That Star cross isnt a closer surprised me (would have been nice to). But, when i think about the rabbit hole, is it good for this Patch, that i can use it without worry, to jump in the hole.

And, there arent many jump animations left, that they could use. Whe have allready some close combat with small jumps for the attack.
The only special jump that whe miss, would be a Drill like line jump, like Kiba's Getsuga from Naruto. But, whe have mostly magic attack for line attacks.

The drg is practicly one of the most mobile classes (if not the most mobile one). That is completly enough.