Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Dervy]

Is it dead right after the FT or do you need to use any more abilities afterwards? If so, set up the ID on the avatar, and straight away do DI -> CT -> TT -> VT -> FT. That should increase DPS slightly more. Remember, once you've pressed the button for ID the hit will apply. You can run/sprint anywhere right after the hit even mid-animation.

[Taleon]

Depends on which Dread spawn, first one is dead at or before FT, later spawns I have more combo lines going off on the Dread, because of the other DPS dealing with Mechanics lowering their DPS at that time.
These are normally the times where I am dropping CT on the boss, as well as PH with a quick target change. Boss and Dread are tanked side by side, so no movement loss

[Taleon]

Yeah Rio,
Normally I am able to pull off the HT by slightly moving off to the side after the MT has moved forward on me, if I move to quickly, I turn Avatar, if I wait too long, lol I am eating homing missles and flooring the MT with the homing as well ^^

[Riotpersona]

Yeah Rio,
Normally I am able to pull off the HT by slightly moving off to the side after the MT has moved forward on me, if I move to quickly, I turn Avatar, if I wait too long, lol I am eating homing missles and flooring the MT with the homing as well ^^

Yeah, the way we managed this I just watch the icon for brainjack on the MT, and move out away from the group and tank immediately as it wears. There should be enough time between the brainjack wearing and the homing missile detonating that no one else eats it.

[Taleon]

Yeah, the way we managed this I just watch the icon for brainjack on the MT, and move out away from the group and tank immediately as it wears. There should be enough time between the brainjack wearing and the homing missile detonating that no one else eats it.

True that,
Only problem I have seen is the... third Dread spawn ?? there is one spawn where during Brain Jack the homing gets delayed, so I have to wait a sec or so after the debuff drops to pick up the homing.
Most of the problems I have had with maintaining HT is just refining positioning, last night we tried a completely different set up to positioning, and although it made a huge improvement overall to the group and healers, it very much dampened my ability to see and catch the homings. Again, reps on the encounter and refinement will solve that. Thanks again for the tips and advice ^^

[Taleon]

Is it dead right after the FT or do you need to use any more abilities afterwards? If so, set up the ID on the avatar, and straight away do DI -> CT -> TT -> VT -> FT. That should increase DPS slightly more. Remember, once you've pressed the button for ID the hit will apply. You can run/sprint anywhere right after the hit even mid-animation.

Timing is slightly off with this,
Last week, I was preloading Dis on Avatar but is almost always left me a three to four sec wait for the Dread. Instead, I would HT > TT > VT swap to Dread ( he is just getting into position at this point ) FT > Ph > ID > DIS > TT > VT > FT on Dread if it is still up, or finish FT on Avatar and go right back into a full Chaos combo on Avatar.

[Riotpersona]

I'm not 100% sure if I read what you mean correctly Taleon, but it is possible to hit HT while being the target of the brainjacked MT, it just requires some very slight positional adjustments.

[Dervy]

Try doing HT -> PLB -> ID on avatar to keep the up time of your DoTs on the Avatar. When the dread spawns and you're about to start the HT, from what I can gather, there should be approximately 8/7 seconds until the PLB falls off. It'll stop ticking in the middle of the Dreadknight kill. Even if it means you'll be clipping your DoTs, you'll get an extra 3 DoT ticks off on the Avatar reapplying it before you switch targets. So you'll be doing HT -> PLB -> ID instead, then go onto the dreadknight.

Doing DI -> CT -> TTT -> TrueT = 1441 potency

At the time of CT application, that's 10 seconds, so 3 ticks (90 Potency (290 in total).
DI = 220
(-10% piercing)
CT -> TTT -> True T = 1110*1.1 = 1221
=1441

Of course, if you want to be more pro, you can finish with a HT, then go straight into ID on The Avatar.

What you posted is 1411.166666666667 Potency

All be because you used DI at the beginning, and combo'd off Avatar :P I can't say anything more than this as I don't personally know the fight (raid group gone slightly casual), but if there's anything other complexities I need to know, let me know :P

[Taleon]

I see where you are going with that Dervy, and yeah thanks, did not think about the dps loss of finishing off TT combo on the Dread with no Dis on it compared to reapplying Ph HT ID on the Avatar, will mess around with it a bit more.
Normally, the timing gets locked in once the fight starts, so adjusting to that, should be workable. Will give it a shot for sure, and let you know the results.
The only mechanics I am dealing with are the Homing, since I am the one eating them all. So up time should be very near 99%.

Off that topic, Str potions,
They effect the Dots from CT and Ph ? Or just the first hit of them ?
Been too lazy to test this on a dummy as of late ^^