The Melee DPS Paradigm and why DRG needs some attention

[Vincent_Mateus]

I've begrudgingly quit as well for many of the above reasons. Dragoon was always iconic to me playing Final Fantasy as a kid. I've been a class purist, and enjoyed the idea and playstyle of Dragoon previously, though I thought geirskogul was not in a direction that favored the classes theme. I had a blast in heavensward despite this, and never cared about being top dps because I could play at an optimal level and not be a hindrance to my team.

That's gone now. I am a hindrance, and no static would look for a dragoon to fill a position unless they were desperate or very casual. I love progression raiding. I like clearing the hardest content... and for once, I will not be able to do that on Dragoon. I believe they have lost sight of the classes origin and history. Dragoons are notorious for jumps and we haven't got a new one in 2 expansions now. (Mirage dive definitely doesn't count despite the animation lock). I don't think anyone maining Dragoon asked for 'more utility' or 'less damage' for that matter. I think most of us had settled in as content behind Monk and above Nin for the melee spots. I don't want Ninja to be nerfed, even though with Trick Attack their spot will never be questioned, but I would like a chance at -a- melee spot. More than 2 is rarely practical for progression, though I fully expect people to roll Nin, Monk, Sam, Rdm for the new meta.

We would need as much utility or more than Ninja in order to have a chance at a melee spot and currently we do less damage and have much less utility when it comes down to overall composition.

I'd rather be a single target glass cannon focusing everything around buffing jumps (RIP Power Surge) then a muddled, melee support, which feels completely contradictory to the theme of the class. I'll be dropping Dragoon until 5.0 unless this is fixed at 4.05, if I even bother continuing to play this game.

I still think Nastrond should have changed Jump's appearance and potency rather than upgrading an aoe skill that was already fine. You're telling me there's another Dragoon out there that gets a new Life of the Dragon jump capable of destroying a gigantic cannon and it's not me? Face slap