How to Dragoon Per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Dualgunner]

After some practice, this is my rotation:

https://video-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hv...bc&oe=55EE540F

[LiquidSwordz]

I've always used BoTD before chaos thrust and I see in your opener it was changed from that to now used before diembowel. What difference does that make?

[Dualgunner]

The biggest change I notice is it allows me a clear and definite time to use my potion, since it's difficult to weave it with anything else, and it gives the potion enough time to affect my 4th combo.

[JackFross]

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It's up in the OP and in the image I linked one page back. As Dual said, it opens a space for Potion and is the optimal way to perform the opener. Every other time you should use BotD before CT or FT. Or, if you're NOT using Potions, just use HT>BL+B4B>ID>IR>Dis>BotD>CT>continue as usual for the optimal no-potion way to do it as far as I've seen/played with. You theoretically *can* put PS with BotD there and Jump after CT but it requires some pretty ace timing and ping to pull it off without delaying your FaC/WT GCD or losing potency. It's doable, just harder than it needs to be.

Also, Dual, your new link isn't working for me. D:

[Dualgunner]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...&ref=bookmarks

Maybe this one will work? Fb is weird with off site sharing lol

One question I have is, I notice that by combo 4 when I use GK I only have 11 or so seconds to finish my fifth combo, cutting it really close where the OP says I should have 3 to 4 seconds to spare. I no longer have that macro and my skillspeed is 635, any idea why I'm cutting it that close?

[SunnyHirose]

You do let your GCD get delayed quite a bit, particularly when you are using abilities (oGCD) in between your weaponskills (GCD). Forget about Geirskogul optimization for the moment. The GCD should always be rolling. Weaponskills account for an order of magnitude more DPS than any individual attack ability does. Delaying the GCD by half a second loses you more than twice as much potency/time as delaying Jump by 2.5 seconds.

Buff abilities might be an exception, but then it gets more complicated.

I've seen plenty of dragoons, even ones who should know way way better, including myself, mess this up. But in your footage it's a persistent problem and I'd suggest ironing that out.

[Dualgunner]

I'll see what I can do to expedite the process. I had some ideas but maintenance is killing it for me lol

Thanks for the critique ^_^

[Greyfrost]

Hmm, I'll watch Dualgunner's video when I get home.

Are you having high ping constantly?

Because that's what killed my GCD/Weaving part .

Also yes, basically what others have said, you need to keep the GCDs rolling and always rolling unless mechanics tell you not to.
GSK optimization comes second, as the DPS increase from utilizing 3 GSK per minute isn't on par with optimizing the GCDs rotation.

[Dualgunner]

Trying to push BfB and Battle Litany between the first two feels the slowest and sometimes BfB won't go off even though I hit it. I don't feel any real latency but I always seem to either be too slow for the clock or abilities refuse to go off D:

[Ninjah2r]

Aside from missing that re-up of BotD at one point, it looks pretty good to me. A couple things to note is that your GCD is slow. If you rewatch the opening, most of your GCDs are delayed quite a lot, either due to the way you're pressing buttons or latency or what have you, they're slow. That's a big thing, especially as of 3.0. You might be able to pull off the 2 gsk per b4b at your SS and could just be missing it due to GCD lag on your end.

Yeah I noticed, the lag(120ms)/2.42 gcd atm is killing me and making me go nuts lmao. I'm mashing buttons asap to get them activated as fast as they can :C