[Stormblood] [Dragoon Rotation] COME ON AND SLAM

[Nora_of_Mira]

Missed positionals are less harsh on us now, correct positional on uncombo'd CT does 10 less (wat).

This doesn't feel like a buff for normal content where positionals are easy to land.. But we'll see how much a difference it makes in stuff like O1S and O2S (my only savage experience this expac) since there's a lot time being forced to miss positionals.

[HoLoFoNo]

In all fights with the exception of NEO you lose a tonne of positionals, luck dependant. This is about a 1-2% dps increase in every fight depending on the fight ofc.

[SunnyHirose]

So instead of chomping about 13% out of our GCDs it chomps about 6% out (when hitting from the front). Bear in mind GCDs are ~60% of total ideal DPS, so let's say you randomly miss about one in four positionals, that comes out to (40+60·(1-0.06/4))/(40+60·(1-0.13/4))=1.0107 improvement over patch 4.05.

I don't know how many positionals people are actually missing (and of course SE was waiting on the numbers themselves), but if it's more often than that, 1%-2% sounds about right.

[Sparhwk]

Is the tome weapon worth getting? I understand it's +1 damage and 16 more stength but dropping 263 DH for 268 SS feels like it's a loss to me.

[Eyvhokan]

Is the tome weapon worth getting? I understand it's +1 damage and 16 more stength but dropping 263 DH for 268 SS feels like it's a loss to me.

+1 weapon damage 16 more strength is a lot, which is bigger than the difference between substats.

The main problem with SS is you can take another substat for a damage benefit without potentially limiting double weaving and increasing dot clipping.

[SunnyHirose]

It is difficult to say, because I don't really know what WD is worth at level 70. If it is a (WD+33) factor like one might extrapolate from the HW formula, then for a Genta goon it could be like:

(132·2316x·1.04525·1.044·1.052509458)÷(131·2300x·1.062·1.044·1.038516032)=1.01209625045

This is underwhelming compared to what weapon upgrading used to be, but a solid gain. And you do need it for the upgraded version.

EDIT: It probably is WD+33 on DRG, btw.

[LiquidSwordz]

Would the pentamelded chest with DH on it outweigh the omega nm piece? If so is it worth the increase?

[SunnyHirose]

If that pentameld involves at least three G6 Heaven's Eyes, yes. But to evaluate its "worth" do understand like 1 STR is ~1.8 DPS at this tier of gear. Also, I'm thinking to downgrade secondaries slightly after testing STR out a bit.

[LiquidSwordz]

I just don't want to invest if the dps increase is minimal. My static is on OS4 so trying to pump out as much dps as possible

[OmegaStrongtan]

What about refreshing Heavy Trust after every Chaos ---> wheeling ---> Fang Combo instead of every Full --> fang ---> wheeling combo?
Sure you will refresh it early one time but after that it lines up fine and saves you a shitload of movement.