How to Dragoon Per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Reiden219]

I believe the 4th tier ability mentioned is the ability gained from level 50-60.

But strictly speaking, it's either fang and claw / Wheeling thrust. and since we won't know what we get until we finish a combo, hence the vague name.

Ah, gotcha. Thank you for the explanation!

[Solidito]

What sort of dps were people getting around 180ilvl? (Law gear/upgraded only)

On a dummy, in a1, a2, a3 and a4 etc (if anyone had this that is).

I was practicing on a dummy last night and only maintained around 1050-1090 dps which i believe might be a little too low (not sure how much of a different Ravana weapon/Alexander gear makes).

[Aiurily]

at i180 with hive weapon, 1200 +- 20 with xpot food and party buff

without ravana wep, -30-40 is probably fair

[Mcfromnc]

So I was parsing last night and I ran a test. The new Dragoon combo vs the old where phleb comes before the full thrust combo and you do the full thrust combo twice. So when I ran this test I assumed you guys were right and I'd see more damage from the new rotation. The weird thing is I did the new rotation perfectly and the old rotation I actually messed up slightly. But the old rotation (ht-p-id-db-ct-4th-tt-vt-ft-4th-x2) actually out damaged the new (ht-id-db-ct-4th-p-tt-vt-ft-4th repeat) by about 20-30 dps.

When I did the old rotation the dots would fall off for 1-2 seconds and so I was assuming at the end of the test I'd see that you guys were right and I'd have a nice dps boost. But the opposite happened. Anyone have any input on this? The parses were 1080 for the new and 1100 for the old. They were however 2 minute parses bc my buddy was short on time. But I don't really see why that would make much of a difference.

[Aiurily]

its just crit variance

on paper the alternating idc/ttt rotation is more potency

[Mcfromnc]

I didn't take crit variance into consideration

[Mcfromnc]

Sorry if this has come up already but what food should I eat? I've been eating apkallu omelette.

[bj0rN]

Alright. We know that the pushing DPS for phase 1 at Savage Alexander-1 is very important. I would like to know what's everyone's optimal rotation and DPS numbers at that phase. I'm assuming we will stop dots at some point and do more TTT4 so we can get it as low as possible fast in a bursty manner before 0.5 appears.

[pandabearcat]

Doubtful, as CT is superior to TTTT after just 3 GCDs.

[bj0rN]

Hmm noted! But I would like to know how is everyone doing. I'm not sure if I'm not pushing enough or I'm already at my limits and I will have to see if my other fellow raid members can pull their own weight and push more.