Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[FenHin]

I hope I'm not too out of topic. Can anyone tell me what the good of Elusive Jump that it have 3 minutes cooldown?

[Decrith]

I hope I'm not too out of topic. Can anyone tell me what the good of Elusive Jump that it have 3 minutes cooldown?

A gap closer that reduces your threat by half.

[Krisom]

Hello, I got a question about building my Novus.

At the moment I've gotten 24Det and 31Crit. Would it be out of the question to add in 20Acc? As gil wise getting the IV materia to max out Det/Crit is out of the question.

Would that be alright or could I aim for slightly lower accuracy?

[whiskeybravo]

Hello, I got a question about building my Novus.

At the moment I've gotten 24Det and 31Crit. Would it be out of the question to add in 20Acc? As gil wise getting the IV materia to max out Det/Crit is out of the question.

Would that be alright or could I aim for slightly lower accuracy?

There isn't a massive difference even going 44 crit vs 44 acc. I'm going to do something similar myself.

[mero-ix]

I've never had issue with accuracy on dragoon and crit can make quite a significant difference in damage, but if you can't afford it I'd say skillspeed would be better than accuracy. I know a lot of people don't like ssp, but I have a ton of it and am quite fond of attacking so fast. :3

[Krisom]

Yeah Skill Speed sounds nice, might dump a bit of gil into the Determination atleast. I guess I'm not going to miss much if I went 15/20 Skill Speed instead of 15/20 Accuracy.

Edit: And miss much was an unintentional pun.

[TheKingSlayer]

IMO I'd stay away from skill speed for a couple reasons. First it has diminishing returns, as it will drain TP faster (granted only an issue in longer fights and bards can TP song if needed.)

Second and more important reason is you need a ton of SS just to reduce your global cool down by even a fraction of a second! As an example increasing SS by 100 will only reduce your global cool down from 2.5 secs to 2.4 secs. All that extra SS still won't get you a extra skill in during BFB.

If you HAD to do stats on the novus other than det and crit, I'd go det and accuracy. Accuracy cap is going up with every patch, it will always be useful and give more flexibility with the rest of your gear.

[mero-ix]

Second and more important reason is you need a ton of SS just to reduce your global cool down by even a fraction of a second! As an example increasing SS by 100 will only reduce your global cool down from 2.5 secs to 2.4 secs. All that extra SS still won't get you a extra skill in during BFB.

My skillspeed is 492 and it's enough that I can now get in a second Phlebotomize right before B4B falls off. Never underestimate the power of button mashing!

[snowybell]

Quick question,

will the Astrum belt be better (has no det), vs a Wolfram belt with

Savage Aim 4 (+9 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 4 (+9 Accuracy)
Savage Aim 3 (+6 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 3 (+6 Accuracy)
Savage Might 2 (+3 Determination) DET II ?

I know there's a STR difference, but i'm just curious.
I've added both up, pentamelded tassets are about 22.xxx while astrum belt are 21.xxx.
Is it worth it? That one point of difference.

Really find that SS on the Astrum belt useless. I currently am using the Weathered Astrum Belt, but am contemplating if i should waste my sand on it, or pentameld the tassets.

Thanks.

[ColdestHeaven]

Quick question,

will the Astrum belt be better (has no det), vs a Wolfram belt with

Savage Aim 4 (+9 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 4 (+9 Accuracy)
Savage Aim 3 (+6 Crit)
Heaven's Eye 3 (+6 Accuracy)
Savage Might 2 (+3 Determination) DET II ?

I know there's a STR difference, but i'm just curious.
I've added both up, pentamelded tassets are about 22.xxx while astrum belt are 21.xxx.
Is it worth it? That one point of difference.

Really find that SS on the Astrum belt useless. I currently am using the Weathered Astrum Belt, but am contemplating if i should waste my sand on it, or pentameld the tassets.

Thanks.

From what I have read in this topic, Pentamelded belt > everything till High Allagan Belt from T9.