How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[Syrus_Draco]

The new blood of the dragon makes this job way too easy

[Nora_of_Mira]

The new blood of the dragon makes this job way too easy

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*level 60 lancer*

Oh. okay. nothing wrong here.\

Edit: meh, joke doesn't apply anymore. this change was really needed for AoE spamming dungeons and long phase transitions. yeah, its easier when you're on normal bosses and striking dummies, but it doesn't at all fix the underwhelming nastrond combo.

[Syrus_Draco]

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*level 60 lancer*

Oh. okay. nothing wrong here.\

Edit: meh, joke doesn't apply anymore. this change was really needed for AoE spamming dungeons and long phase transitions. yeah, its easier when you're on normal bosses and striking dummies, but it doesn't at all fix the underwhelming nastrond combo.

DRG aoe was just fine w/o BotD, just combo your two weapon skills and throw in a DFD. And even if you only get one GK from BotD the CD is so short it'll be ready for the next pull. Plus the CD for GK is pretty long that you'd mostly likely just get one, maybe two if your group aoe dps is slow.

Having extended BotD timer simply because you gotta be a bag of rocks to ever have it fall off during active parts of the fight

[Nora_of_Mira]

Having extended BotD timer simply because you gotta be a bag of rocks to ever have it fall off during active parts of the fight

in SusEx, for example, if the dps was too fast on the sword phase, I wouldn't get to replen on BotD because i wouldnt get my combo finisher. So i was forced to wait until I had 1 second before applying BotD just to keep my eyes. Its not hard, but really annoying.

[IchiExorz]

Actually loving the Sonic Thrust buff.
Being able to pull off nastrond properly in AoE situations is very nice. U don't really lose BoTD if the tank moves fast enough when just using AoE.

Now all we need is for Geirskogul to grant Dive Ready and BoTD to transform us into LoTD when we have 4 eyes stacked.

[Khel]

Actually loving the Sonic Thrust buff.
Being able to pull off nastrond properly in AoE situations is very nice. U don't really lose BoTD if the tank moves fast enough when just using AoE.
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I haven't played yet, but yea this is big, both for maintaining our mechanic in AE situations also a nice emergency 10 seconds in 2 GCDs.


I am guessing the rule regarding AE hasn't change? 3 or more hittable mobs and we should be using our AE combo?

[LiquidSwordz]

So how are we looking for BiS? So much gear that we can drop this high SS but should we be keeping it around our 3.0 rotation? Trying to figure out gear path

[Jonnycbad]

I would do AoE combo 2-3x and let my BotD timer tick to around 13 sec, then pump it back up to 30 with a single rotation, then back to AoE rotation. It was fine, honestly.

[SunnyHirose]

Although Dervy has stated an interest in continuing to theorycraft DRG, I have taken matters into my own hands and started a 4.0 guide/thread. It is incomplete for the moment, and writing guides is a new thing to me, but it is my sincere hope that for some players it answers some good questions and raises other good questions. As such, any corrections and suggestions you may have might not be incorporated in the best possible way, but they are all appreciated nonetheless.

[Racuda]

Hi guys , first time posting here. Just want to know if anyone is aware that pressing BOTD while in LOTD replaces LOTD with BOTD? that has got to be a bug right? I'm pretty sure nothing happens when you press BOTD while in LOTD in the previous patch.