I think Dragoon might be one of those classes that plays better on pad.
The pad controls here are really well done. I switched from M+KB in July, and the game has felt a lot more comfortable to me.
I thought HW DRG was awkward after the opener -- and it hurt after a while -- but I wouldn't have thought that if I'd used pad.
24-32+ buttons immediately within reach without additional movement or having to split my thought process. That's the entire DRG rotation.