Do you want Dragoon to have a pet!? (poll)

[Alaltus]

again you say that MNK and BLM out do DRG by the numbers, what else matters? If we parse lower we parse lower, there's no real argument against the numbers. If the argument is ease of play BLM has it again, and MNK is no harder than DRG.

Life surge at the cost of power surge and second wind on mnk is 900~1k on DRG it's ~350, life surge @3 doesn't compare to that 600 difference in 45 seconds.

I love DRG btw, it was my first 50, was the first in Beta, and at release was first for me, when they altered the abils they gimped it horribly. I want to be able to skewer shit again. I want alot of those old skills back, and would happily throw some of what we have back in the barrel to be recycled. Right now though, I just can't make myself play my DRG, and it makes me sad.

What should be dragoon's saving grace when it comes to being lower dps is that it's emnity shedding abilities should allow it to go all out where other dd's hold back. But throughout my experience of endgame i dont recall dd's having to hold back beyound allowing the tank to build up initial hate other than in certain instances where holding back isnt emnity related or emnity resetting and so has no relation to their previous emnity levels. Whats more many bosses where shedding hate might possibly help dragoon prove to only save it from a fraction of the dmg the boss dishes out as the major threat from said bosses are from aoe's indiscriminate of your enmity.

I've given out my view on surges before, they require too much micro management and really arent worth it when it comes down to it. If your a really good dragoon who can keep power surge up constantly and avoid all aoes sent your way then more power to you. I myself however just cant justify the extra damage i would/could take by keeping power surge up as well as the tp cost and the nuisance of it. Life surge is just garbage on anything worth fighting sure it helps when farming mobs that can actually hurt you but thats about it. I've been playing lancer since alpha and these surges are at the worst they have ever been.