Stereotypes exist for a reason. Show your dead dragoons!

[Erudain]

Now there's an idea for a future passive skill for Dragoons....

Loldrg's Wrath: Attack power increases by 10% every time you are revived in battle.

Make it happen SE!

That would be the echo woudn't it? lol or DGN would get a buff on top of that?

DGN and Monks have the same problem melee DPS has in every game, ping dependant, higher risk for being close to the boss and usually cool looking so they lure lots of players because of the looks. DGN has (imo) a cooler looking weapon and armor than Monk, so that's why you see more of them.
Lots of player using that class = higher chances of having bad players. On the other side with ranged DPS while the player migh be as bad as the melee, they are safer.

Anyways, DGN trick is having its buffs, dots and debuff always applied.
My DGN highest damage rotation on a practice dummy was:
Heavy Trust > Internal Release > Impulse Drive > Blood for Blood > Disembowel > Leg Sweep > Chaos Trust > Power Surge > Phlebotomize > Jump > True Trust > Vorpal Trust > life surge > Full Trust > Heavy Trust > True Trust > Vorpal Trust > Leg Sweep > Full Trust > Spin Dive > Phlebotomize > Impulse Drive > Jump > Disembowel > Chaos Trust > Heavy Trust > True Trust > Vorpal Trust > Full Trust > leg sweep > True Trust > Vorpal Trust > Full Trust.....and then is a repeat from the beginning.

But that’s the thing....it was a static practice dummy...there are almost no bosses where I can pull that full rotation (Hydra, CM, Prae come to my mind...bosses who doesn’t need leet dps). The rest of the bosses once you dodge a couple mechanics force you to start all over again to re-apply buffs and debuffs.

[melflomil]

This happened a while back when i join a Farm party for T5 on my DRG to gear up. A Conflag was about to go out and i thought to my self oh i'm not gonna get it...what do you know I got it and I was doing a "Jump" attack so i landed the hit and went back to my original position. trapped the entire team minus the Tanks. They all said f***king dragoon. I replied I'm a Dragoon. I destroy anything in my sight, no one is safe including myself!!!

[Gramul]

Helpful note all non tanks in general, if you've got aggro by some unfortunate occurrence, please do not run away from the tank.
Running will not protect you from his regular attacks and it just makes it harder for us to pull it back. Just don't panic and avoid his projected attacks till we can get his attention back.

[NyneAlexander]

VALAR DRAGOONHULIS:

All dragoons must die

[EdwinLi]

Hahahaha, why they doing this ?

I didn't know since a week ago, that Dragoon had that kind of reputation, but with 3 Dragoons dead in your party, I guess I can understand why.

Even Garuda laughed so hard when she saw this.

Should have seen the time when I was playing as a Dragoon against Garuda HM and ended up being the only DPS to not Die when the others were a Monk, Black Mage, and Bard.

[Zantitrach]

Just cause I had to point it out....

Right... the other day I had a guy asking me why I didn't use this and that in my dragoon...

I do my rotations and keep them up with no problem but if I have to choose between making a rotation or getting killed

My point is that in certain situations, I prefer to break rotation and make less DPS for a few seconds

The problem people have with your aggressive comments and attitude is how conflicting they were. You started out saying you didn't use certain skills AT ALL. Then you changed your story to using them but then being smart about it.

Oh, and
loldrg

Edit: P.S.

Angry? Nope... frontal and direct, I don't hold punches. Sorry, PC and "flowering" what I say is not my thing, I didn't grow up with "must talk nice because of the poor wilt flowers" being hammered into my head.

Sorry you got your feelings hurt and tried to take it out on the forum posters. Maybe you should get some thicker skin or you shouldn't dish it out if you can't take it.

[RakaMaimhov]

Lol @ all the unskilled/bad/inexperienced players arguing what the DRG rotation is supposed to be.

Idk why I can't find any screenshots of myself dead. I die often enough (usually trash rooms in ST because I get some sick masochistic joy from eating 5 aoe's at once).

A DRG nerfing their dps output for the reason of better survivability is absolutely ridiculous, because most healers can swiftcast us up if we die, and honestly sometimes the damage output is worth the risk.

Also, if you don't know how to weave your OCD between your GCD, you don't have any right to dictate how a DRG is supposed to play their job.

[Velox]

DGN and Monks have the same problem melee DPS has in every game, ping dependant, higher risk for being close to the boss and usually cool looking so they lure lots of players because of the looks. DGN has (imo) a cooler looking weapon and armor than Monk, so that's why you see more of them.
Lots of player using that class = higher chances of having bad players. On the other side with ranged DPS while the player migh be as bad as the melee, they are safer.

You are correct. There are always those "edgy" classes in every MMO that attract a large number of players. FFXIV is no different. The more people playing it = the more the bads shine through = the worse the reputation. Bard is currently in the same boat, but mainly because people love archer classes and that's the only one currently. I guarantee once Ranger is released you'll see the number of bad Bards go down (since they will all flock to the more DPS-oriented job). Also wait until 2.4 hits with NIN.... <shudders>

A DRG nerfing their dps output for the reason of better survivability is absolutely ridiculous, because most healers can swiftcast us up if we die, and honestly sometimes the damage output is worth the risk.

Aaaannnndd there goes your credibility with 90% the FFXIV playerbase.

[Erudain]

Pls someone save this thread.....because in one month we'll be all talking about LOLNINs...

[Saseal]

I just made a char on another server (to help a friend changing is name), and what did I saw in Gridania ? A Lancer dead on the plazza !

In the name of the stereotype: That takes talent xD But maybe they had been malboro'd in the face before they /return'ed and died to the stat effects....

Though, I've had that happen to me on WHM before... had been standing in front of the mender by the market boards in Old Grid, entered a DF, died, got D/Ced before being raised... couldn't use the net for the rest of the night. Logged back on the next day and... dead on the floor in front of the Mender with people stopping to stare at my corpse. xD

To add to the convo... WHMing, I see a lot more derp DRGs yolo-pulling trials and some dungeons than anything else. Secondarily - BLM o_O... and the dying first thing xD;

Also, needs more pics, less arguing D: