Dragoon Changes

[jlewiss]

I also don't think you should be using jump/spine shatter or dragonfire for opening pulls seeing as how it loses out on the damage bonus from heavy thrust and the lower res from disembowel. Aside from getting your name on the eminty meter it's a really ineffective way to start your rotation especially if you jump then have to run for 5 seconds to the target.

[Jollyy5]

I too agree that Elusive Jump has it's uses, it's great when you are neck deep in some big AoE and wouldn't have the time to run out of it, but it's also nice as a gap closer.

For instance, in Turn 9, when Nael jumps off before the beam and lands somewhere behind you, Elusive Jump is super useful to quickly get to her and sneak in a Impulse Drive > dodge AoE > getting back in and using Disembowel > Leg Sweep > Chaos Thrust.

Doesn't have that pesky animation lock either. I would vote for shorter CD though.

[Itseotle]

I too agree that Elusive Jump has it's uses, it's great when you are neck deep in some big AoE and wouldn't have the time to run out of it, but it's also nice as a gap closer.

For instance, in Turn 9, when Nael jumps off before the beam and lands somewhere behind you, Elusive Jump is super useful to quickly get to her and sneak in a Impulse Drive > dodge AoE > getting back in and using Disembowel > Leg Sweep > Chaos Thrust.

Doesn't have that pesky animation lock either. I would vote for shorter CD though.

*high fives* slightly better is holding Spineshatter then instantly following her with your jump as she jumps. Fun as hell and u can get that same attack in, dodge the aoe, get 2 more attacks off on her, then Elusive Jump back to her as she lands on the tanks head =)

Afterwards, laught it up to your groups MNK about how he dipped below 400 xD

[FyrmurlFloerasksyn]

I wish they would remove the jumps animation lock entirely.

[Sessurea]

EJ from arbiter right to the fackin chaotic strike stack position. BOOM. A HOLE IN ONE!

Feels satisfying ^^

[SoundMatch]

Also about the SpineShatterDive mechanic. Why would you want to LIMIT the amount of damage you do. You need that Heavy Thrust to deal out more damage. The range for Piercing Talon is the same for a Spineshatter so you can just deal damage that way. It costs alot because you're not really meant to deal damage from afar. Whereas EJ doesn't punish you for using it in any way (other than faling off the Arena in Titan Ex).

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DoTs should be improved drastically. I mean cmon, the damage per second is pathetic it should be at least 100 per 2 seconds even if it means the DoT duration is nerfed. For Dragoons there should be some I frames for the normal jump if they plan to keep the animation lock, that way if we are skilled enough we can be rewarded with avoiding powerful AoEs and dealing damage at the same time. If they really wanna buff up Dragoons they can do it without increasing any base stats for Strength, Determination aka Damage dealt they should revamp the gameplay.