How to Dragoon Per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[JaelaDaran]

What is the general consensus about Life Surge usage? Has any math been done between using it on CD or saving it for something specific?

[Zangetsu98763]

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Thank you very much! This helps me out a ton. Ill start giving it a go when servers are back up!

[Butcherboy]

What r u guys parsing right now with our new rotation?

[ArtificialxSky]

What r u guys parsing right now with our new rotation?

Had a little session: No food, no party, no pots. Did about seven ~4:20 parses and then merged them for an average.

i179, here's Lodestone:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...racter/8083399

[ChaozK]

I actually like to use Geirskogul right before i refresh BoD with WT/FC because it makes it a lot easier to judge wether or not you are going to lose it.

[Dervy]

The 175 Bismarck weapon is actually better than the upgraded 170>180 weapon? Really? Like, how much better? Should I not spend my Centurio seals getting the whetstone, because that'd be so great to hear right now.

Not quite better, as full i180 (+i170 accessory) with Bismarck weapon will put you at 2.426 GCD, which isn't that optimal for our Rotation and you'll have to adjust your BotD usage slightly, but if you're trading weapon vs weapon, damage vs damage, yeah, it's a lot better even with AA nerfs. It's 68 Determination we're talking, which scales insanely with high AP/WD.

[Butcherboy]

Is that ur overall dps 4:20 time frame which is 2k?

[Aiurily]

So, are you convinced that the potion should go before Chaos Thrust, Aiuri? It definitely gives a better set of buffs across the beginning ~25 seconds, but at the cost of delaying the long-term Geirskogul use schedule by one full combo.

looking into this is what sold me on xpot after disembowel. not to mention it lasts for the 2nd 4th if you get fey wind too

personally i don't notice a difference with geirskogul combos actually. if i do HT>ID>xpot>dis>(ir+botd) even, my rotation for geirskogul is still the same. here's the full notation that was in my 3minute parse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7lRToC_llM) leading up to the first BoTD refresh right before a FT.


HT - (BL+BFB) - ID (BoTD+IR) - Disembowel (Pot) - CT (PS+LSW) - 4th (Jump) - PH (SSD/DFD) - TT (SSD/DFD) - VT (LS+GK) - FT - 4th
HT - ID - Disembowel (LSW) - CT - 4th - PH - TT - VT (Jump) - FT - 4th (GK)
HT - ID (LSW) - Disembowel - CT - 4th (GK) - PH - TT (Invigorate) - VT (IR+BoTD) - FT - (LS+PS) - 4th (BoTD timer - 27s)

so even with BoTD after ID (and i do botd->ir so GK benefits from ir) i still get 3 GKs before the BoTD refresh.

now, my same rotation style, but with id>xpot>dis>(ir+botd)

HT > (BL+BFB) > ID (xpot) > Disembowel (IR+BoTD) > CT (PS+LSW) > 4th (Jump) > PH (DFD/SSD) > TT (DFD/SSD) > VT (LSW+GK) > FT > 4th
HT > ID > Disembowel (LSW) > CT > 4th (GK) > PH > TT > VT (Jump) > FT > 4th (BoTD time - 16s)
HT > ID (LSW) > Disembowel > CT > 4th (GK) > PH > TT (Invigorate) > VT (IR+BoTD) > FT (LS+PS) > 4th (BoTD time - 27s)

3 gks, same amount

[Viridiana]

Why thank you! I spent a good 3 hours on my keybinds last night, haha! I seriously recommend everyone to have massive buttons on their window. Makes life a lot easier.

Yeah, I have giant buttons in the middle of my screen on NIN for TA and Ninjutsu for just this reason.

[FreyrPrime]

Thanks again Dervy.

I wasn't able to make it work, but I think that reflects a bit more on me than you lol!

I appreciate the help all the same