How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[CookieMonsta]

Is there a rule of thumb for consistently doing two geirskoguls per blood for blood? The picture on the first page is helpful for my opener but once into the middle of the fight, I tend to lose track of which botd cycle I'm on. I'm trying to find a way to glance at my timers and then decide what to do from there. Any tips are appreciated

If you can stack BoTD to 30 sec and the BfB is less than 8 sec away, this is a good timing to setup the double Geirskogul under BfB

[xSirius]

Hey Guys,

is anyone of you guys using the way Jump works against knockbacks?

It happend to me a few times in a8s that I miss a 4th-positional because of the vortexer-knockback in p2 because I have to move to the wall, but I'm getting jump up shortly before the knockback and was wondering how hard the timing would be to dodge the knockback with jump. Anyone got experience with this and can give a few pointers before I start screwing with my static by trying it out (and failing)? xD

Cheers

[CookieMonsta]

Hey Guys,

is anyone of you guys using the way Jump works against knockbacks?

It happend to me a few times in a8s that I miss a 4th-positional because of the vortexer-knockback in p2 because I have to move to the wall, but I'm getting jump up shortly before the knockback and was wondering how hard the timing would be to dodge the knockback with jump. Anyone got experience with this and can give a few pointers before I start screwing with my static by trying it out (and failing)? xD

Cheers

Ahhh the jump cheese. This was golden in A3S, the only problem is its mildly related to latency and the polsitional update system.

[Sentinillia]

Just wondering if anyone could share their hotbar layouts and tips?

My personal, and objectively superior setup. /sarcasm
Honestly just apply logic and play with the setup that suits and makes sense to you. I try to have my bars in a pattern that somewhat makes sense but I also have a lot of exceptions to that rule due to nothing else but personal preference for reasons I can't explain. I have my main combos bound to 1234 and shift + 1234 because those are the abilities that get used most often. E is for FaC/Wheel because it makes sense to me to have them on the same button. Q is for Life Surge and potion because. Most OGCDs I have on my mouse (F# keys in the picture) because most movement happens between GCDs and then I can use all of my left hand for movement. Buffs are also on mouse + Shift. Lastly, things that are on 123+Alt are things that don't get used often (relatively) and I didn't find any other place for.

This probably doesn't help you or anyone else at all, but the point is that you should just do you. There is no hotbar BiS.

[xSirius]

Guess I'll just have to try it out then and safe my SSD for the worst case^^

[Daweism]

Is there a PvP Dragoon guide? I keep getting rekt.

[FyrmurlFloerasksyn]

Is the advanced opener on the first page still good?
H -> [BL+BFB] -> ID -> [IR+BOTD] -> DI -> [DRAC-POT] -> CT -> [PS+ LEGS] -> 4TH -> [JUMP] -> P -> [SSD] -> TT -> [DFD] -> VP -> [LIFES + GK] -> FT -> 4TH -> Repeat

[jack891]

Is the advanced opener on the first page still good?
H -> [BL+BFB] -> ID -> [IR+BOTD] -> DI -> [DRAC-POT] -> CT -> [PS+ LEGS] -> 4TH -> [JUMP] -> P -> [SSD] -> TT -> [DFD] -> VP -> [LIFES + GK] -> FT -> 4TH -> Repeat

It hasnt been updated but there is a slight change in the opener, your big buffs have swapped round a little
H > [BL+IR] > ID > [BOTD+B4B] > rest is the same

[Sentinillia]

Is the advanced opener on the first page still good?
H -> [BL+BFB] -> ID -> [IR+BOTD] -> DI -> [DRAC-POT] -> CT -> [PS+ LEGS] -> 4TH -> [JUMP] -> P -> [SSD] -> TT -> [DFD] -> VP -> [LIFES + GK] -> FT -> 4TH -> Repeat

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: There are openers that are a little more optimized for opener DPS and you may have to adjust your opener slightly in a given encounter, but yes that opener still works mighty fine. If I recall correctly swapping IR and B4b in that opener gives you slightly more PPS since your B4b will extend to HT which is more potency than ID.