Arise Dragoon, Arise!

[Darus]

Its less about personal dps though and more about utility.

I'm honestly surprised no one has thought about the fact that the range of abilities shown is only the active bonuses for 51-60.

TRAITS! Traits can expand a multitude of moves and we have little information on the effect of the 4th combo attack. It may very well add a magic defense debuff or slashing debuff. Speculation can now recommence!

I was hoping for a variety of new jumps for Drg honestly though, always useful for jumping away from danger(derps jump into it). Survivability is supposed to be a strength of dragoon, only 1% of us know how to use it though.

[psychotic_mage]

I don't think that's all to our new abilities as drg. If you look at other classes they are talking about 3 or 4 new skills. Drg had 2 mentioned. People are getting too worked up claiming things as op or a dead class.

[Jonnycbad]

I'm thinking the stance will unlock 2 weapon skills, one after full thrust and one after chaos thrust. Since chaos thrust combo is more debuff oriented and FT combo is more direct damage, likely the 4th finishers will follow in suit. "Fuller thrust" might be 420ish potency or something, and finsher after Chaotic Thrust could be like STR-10% on the mob, or reduce the mob's critical hit evasion by 5%(indirectly increasing the raid's crit hit damage by 5%).

Then we might have an oGCD that expends the stance but delivers big damage instantly, say 300 or something.

[Greven]

and what about the new LB3, other than being majestic doesn't it look like it could be named after the traditional "Drakoken"? I see it fit!

[Darus]

Even if the new moves don't apply a debuff, Dragoon is still an incredibly effective class for DPS checks, especially the impromtu ones. The new moves on further solidify the role. I still say it's a survivability class, which is what can make it far more effective.

But, aside from moves, anyone get a good look at all that gear? It's far better than most of the stuff we currently have in the looks department. Also, anyone seen or know where I can find a picture of the GLAIVE we're getting? Looks like a Dark Knight sword on a spear.