How to Train Your Dragoon: An up-to-date guide to understanding and mastering DRG

[Singularity]

Thank you for writing this. I am just starting to learn this class and this guide has been very helpful.

I do have one question though: In the guide, you say that Phlebotomize should be used after the Impulse Drive combo during the opener because it gets buffed by Disembowel, but wouldn't it gain at least two extra ticks if done first?

[Spayd]

I do have one question though: In the guide, you say that Phlebotomize should be used after the Impulse Drive combo during the opener because it gets buffed by Disembowel, but wouldn't it gain at least two extra ticks if done first?

No because in reality, your goal is to buff all your DoTs before applying them. As a dragoon, you want to at least want Internal Release and Blood for Blood up for them in your opener. If you just do HT then Phlebo, it is not them optimal way to go. You want to suck as much damage as you can do. Sure you could pop BFB and IR between HT and Phlebo, but it would still be less potent than with Disembowel, plus you are delaying your CT to be running and buffed. So I think you gain more to do it after CT than after HT. Gives you more maneuver to buff yourself properly without any pressure, the base potency of phlebo is buffed, CT is running earlier too, and it feel so god damn smooth to do.

[Syfer22]

I haven't finished, but it's been a good read so far, thanks for the knowledge!

What are your thoughts on macros? It seems like they'd really save our fingers.

[Spayd]

I haven't finished, but it's been a good read so far, thanks for the knowledge!

What are your thoughts on macros? It seems like they'd really save our fingers.

If you mean Macroing your rotation, than its sub-obtimal. In the long run, you end up being slower because of the way the game queue GCD when you manually input them. They dont when macroing, and with latency, you lose some millisecond that hurts with accumulation. You are just better doing everything by yourself and not rely on them. Also, more often than not, a fight doesnt go exactly 100% as planned, so you'll have to cut your rotation for adds and stuff, so relying on them will reapply stuff that doesnt need to, and result in a dps loss.

[Syfer22]

If you mean Macroing your rotation, than its sub-obtimal. In the long run, you end up being slower because of the way the game queue GCD when you manually input them. They dont when macroing, and with latency, you lose some millisecond that hurts with accumulation. You are just better doing everything by yourself and not rely on them. Also, more often than not, a fight doesnt go exactly 100% as planned, so you'll have to cut your rotation for adds and stuff, so relying on them will reapply stuff that doesnt need to, and result in a dps loss.

I kind of figured that was the case, which is unfortunate -- The macros save a lot of space on my keyboard, and my fingers a lot of work.

How do you organize your hotbars to make them easily accessible with the number row, given the sheer amount of abilities we have?