Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Starshi]

I've been reading up on some stat weights, and right now, my DRG looks like this: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/3911733/

Right now I'm aiming to get my Animus weapon, I'm at the 6th book, while my FC is farming LeviEx and progressing in T7 right now. I'm planning to get the Levi Ex weapon until I get my Animus, might even consider upgrading the LeviEx weapon because of the high Det.

Now I wonder... is Animus even that good? Or should I save my Soldiery for the Liberator / just use Levi Ex instead? I'll hit 1k Soldiery after reset tomorrow, and I'm still struggling if I should get the Astrum mail or not. I should probably sit down and calculate something with Ariyalas gear calc, but I find it hard to decide on the right weapon. Right now, of course High Allagan Spear seems to be BiS, but that's far out of reach yet.

Any opinions? Advice? Cookies?

[SolarMisae]

So question for you pro DRGs out there. So I've committed pretty much all of the basic rotation to muscle memory at this point including where to throw the ogcd abilities/buffs as per the rotation in the op of this thread. After the initial rotation, should I just pop all ogcds as they come off cd from there on out? Or should I save things like b4b to use with ls? Obviously I know I wanna save cds for burst if i need to, but if I'm just trying to push max possible dps what should I do with my ogcds after the initial burst?

[FantasyForever]

So question for you pro DRGs out there. So I've committed pretty much all of the basic rotation to muscle memory at this point including where to throw the ogcd abilities/buffs as per the rotation in the op of this thread. After the initial rotation, should I just pop all ogcds as they come off cd from there on out? Or should I save things like b4b to use with ls? Obviously I know I wanna save cds for burst if i need to, but if I'm just trying to push max possible dps what should I do with my ogcds after the initial burst?

I believe this has been answered a few times on here. Just pop them as they come up. Don't save them to be used together because that'll just result in a dps loss.

[Starshi]

I believe this has been answered a few times on here. Just pop them as they come up. Don't save them to be used together because that'll just result in a dps loss.

This.

But, obviously, save your cds for DPS checks (T4 Dreadnaught burn phase, T5 conflags, T6 bulbs etc.), save jumps for when you need to move out of the way (Garuda Ex) or really fast to an opponent (T5 Dreadknights). Other than that, go wild with ogcds, as they are there to improve your DPS.

[Dervy]

Save them all as they all approximately the same cooldown. The only one you can use "twice" is jump, as it has a cooldown half of that of BFB.

I've been reading up on some stat weights, and right now, my DRG looks like this: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/3911733/

Right now I'm aiming to get my Animus weapon, I'm at the 6th book, while my FC is farming LeviEx and progressing in T7 right now. I'm planning to get the Levi Ex weapon until I get my Animus, might even consider upgrading the LeviEx weapon because of the high Det.

Now I wonder... is Animus even that good? Or should I save my Soldiery for the Liberator / just use Levi Ex instead? I'll hit 1k Soldiery after reset tomorrow, and I'm still struggling if I should get the Astrum mail or not. I should probably sit down and calculate something with Ariyalas gear calc, but I find it hard to decide on the right weapon. Right now, of course High Allagan Spear seems to be BiS, but that's far out of reach yet.

Any opinions? Advice? Cookies?

You don't need Astrum Mail to hit the T8/T9 accuracy requirements if I'm perfectly honest with you. You also have to remember that Devilled Eggs are also an option. I'd just save it for the Liberator.

[Starshi]

You don't need Astrum Mail to hit the T8/T9 accuracy requirements if I'm perfectly honest with you. You also have to remember that Devilled Eggs are also an option. I'd just save it for the Liberator.

Thanks for the input!

Fiddled around a bit with Ariyala, and found something that's 493 Accuracy with Deviled Eggs. Seems possible, and requires the Liberator. However it requires the chest from T9, and by the time my static can beat T9 I might just be lucky enough to grab the High Allagan Lance. I'm sure I can work around that with more Coil gear + food + soldiery stuff. Seems like I'll need quite some swap-in gear, but I think we all juggle around with gear to meet acc requirements and still get the best out of our class, DPS wise.

[pompey_dan]

The only off GCD buff worth saving is life surge when BFB has <8s left so that it can be used with BFB LS full thrust.

[9th]

A quick question: more dps?

Str: 540
Crit: 463
Det: 334
Skill Sp: 462

or

Str: 551
Crit: 432
Det: 294
Skill Sp: 489

[whiskeybravo]

A quick question: more dps?

Str: 540
Crit: 463
Det: 334
Skill Sp: 462

or

Str: 551
Crit: 432
Det: 294
Skill Sp: 489

Those look extremely close.. I would lean toward the higher str, but damn that's a big drop in det and crit :/