Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[YounGMessiah]

Im a stand still at the moment, not sure what would be more beneficial at this point, missing hasnt been an issue for me.
I currently have the allagan cuirass of maiming and a friend suggested for my next upgrade to get the Wyrms Mail actually to replace the Skill Speed with Crit. My current right side is all darklight, except my neck (which is an ultima choker) piece and im wondering should I do two upgrade on right side instead? Or try my luck for right side in coil?

I have +1, onion mask and gloves, heros belt, wyrms legs and boots

[Dervy]

Do next weeks coil, and upgrade to i85-i90 first (so upgrade your accessories) before you bother to min/max your gear. You're going to gain very little upgrading the Cuirass of Maiming to a Wyrms mail, in comparison to gaining 2 i90 accessory upgrades, which is a much stronger upgrade. You're gaining 8 Strength in total, over gaining 5 Determination, 24 Crit (with a loss of 34 Skill Speed).

Total Stat-Weight gain of upgrading any random accessories from i70 to i90, vs upgrading your chest is higher than 6.491. I just weighed purely the Strength gain, not any other stats, as it all depends on what you'll get as drops next week.

Also, I'd aim for those Titan EX Tremor Earrings of Striking as fast as you gain. They're strong.

[Manticzeus]

I remember seeing a ifrit ex rotation discussion somewhere but i cant find the pages they were on. I was wondering what was everyones rotation. The last time i ran we had 2 bards so once the nail phase started i had DI and CT ready and used that on the first nail, heavy thrust then an ID, then switch to the next nail and did the same thing, seemed to work very well and getting the CT on the nail right away gave it more time to tick, is this optimal even with 2 bards or should i just be TTT? Also, what about a normal group comp without double bard or dragoon?

[whiskeybravo]

I remember seeing a ifrit ex rotation discussion somewhere but i cant find the pages they were on. I was wondering what was everyones rotation. The last time i ran we had 2 bards so once the nail phase started i had DI and CT ready and used that on the first nail, heavy thrust then an ID, then switch to the next nail and did the same thing, seemed to work very well and getting the CT on the nail right away gave it more time to tick, is this optimal even with 2 bards or should i just be TTT? Also, what about a normal group comp without double bard or dragoon?

I tried to find it but couldn't.. I vaguely remember EMX saying (some combo) then Tab-target Phlebotomize the rest of the nails. I don't remember exactly though.. Still working on Titan Ex myself

Edit: Found sort of the start around page 140, maybe a few posts before that but here's a link: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1824871

[snowybell]

I remember seeing a ifrit ex rotation discussion somewhere but i cant find the pages they were on. I was wondering what was everyones rotation. The last time i ran we had 2 bards so once the nail phase started i had DI and CT ready and used that on the first nail, heavy thrust then an ID, then switch to the next nail and did the same thing, seemed to work very well and getting the CT on the nail right away gave it more time to tick, is this optimal even with 2 bards or should i just be TTT? Also, what about a normal group comp without double bard or dragoon?

Normal comp? 4 ranged :P at least in this server some ifrit parties do not want melee.

I run with 2 BRD and a BLM, i don't think IDC, or TTT warrants that much of a game changing effect. But i respect EMX because his insight is always valuable and important.
The ranged usually gets one down when i land IDC on the 2nd one, so i just elusive jump/Dragonfire or Spineshatter to the others.

[Itseotle]

Normal comp? 4 ranged :P at least in this server some ifrit parties do not want melee.

I run with 2 BRD and a BLM, i don't think IDC, or TTT warrants that much of a game changing effect. But i respect EMX because his insight is always valuable and important.
The ranged usually gets one down when i land IDC on the 2nd one, so i just elusive jump/Dragonfire or Spineshatter to the others.

Which is a shame cuz melee are perfectly viable on that (all) fights as long as they think a little about there positioning. Too many melee throw themselves into searing wind to give us a bad rep =(

[YounGMessiah]

I got the heros bracelet and getting heros neck very shortly.. Did coil and got the allagan pants

[Thorauku]

Is 453 ACC enough for T5? I've been doing it with 468 ACC but since I got my maiming sollerets last week, I'm kind of worried if I'll be fine with 453.

Here's my gears atm, http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/4117621/

[Shayuki]

Best rotation is still the:

H IDC P TTT H TTT
P IDC H TTT P TTT one?


Can't wait until I get the Dragoon at 50 so I can compare its DPS to monk's in Darklight + Relic.

[Sygmaelle]

Thats what I've been doin lately, at the start I was just doin like ID DE and PH on the 2nd nail, then rince and repeat .. and then I realised that it wasn't really something really good on the long term