Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[SunnyHirose]

You are allowed to split up far enough so that missiles don't hit both of you; that's enough room for both you and your partner to get positionals in as long as both of you hover close to the border. That said, I haven't been doing that because... trust issues (and my group heals through those missiles anyway). H P TTT TTT / IDC P TTT TTT is more or less what I've been doing if I don't see an opening.

The good news is that if you're worried about enrage, it's not necessary to sneak in all your positionals while tethered, even with an i110 group. The real trick is sneaking them in while Nerve Gas is on top of the position you need.

With the coming buff, however, it appears that letting me do proper DPS will be an even tougher sell than it was before. Welp, at least it's a good problem to have.

[rickyguo]

you can still hit every positional while tethered if your other melee works with you.

[HulveinBlitz]

you can still hit every positional while tethered if your other melee works with you.

This.

We do them as per usual. Just gotta communicate, and you'll find you can do them just fine. It's always nice when the boss does the perfect turn at the perfect moment though.

[RaizeGraymalkin]

So question about jumps, specifically Spineshatter and Dragonfire Dive. Do you tend to use them as soon as they are available to weave in between your attacks or to save them for situations when you need to close the gap or get knocked back or something? I imagine this might depend on the fight as well, but is there a general rule of thumb?

[FyrmurlFloerasksyn]

So question about jumps, specifically Spineshatter and Dragonfire Dive. Do you tend to use them as soon as they are available to weave in between your attacks or to save them for situations when you need to close the gap or get knocked back or something? I imagine this might depend on the fight as well, but is there a general rule of thumb?

Generally, most people usually just weave them in.

[LunaHoshino]

So question about jumps, specifically Spineshatter and Dragonfire Dive. Do you tend to use them as soon as they are available to weave in between your attacks or to save them for situations when you need to close the gap or get knocked back or something? I imagine this might depend on the fight as well, but is there a general rule of thumb?

I weave them in unless it's a fight where I know I'm going to be using them as gap closers to get from the boss to an add quickly, such as Garuda EX or Levi EX, or a fight like Ifrit HM where you want to be careful not to use stuns.

[Dervy]

Weave them in, but if there's a mechanic where you'd need to "jump" from A to B safely, then you'd always want to save Spineshatter Drive as it is the weaker skill.

I personally prefer to save DFD for burst rotations.

[Aeromat]

patch notes with dragoon buffs

[Decrith]

PRAISE THE TWELVE! OUR TIME HAS COME!

[Dervy]

All math calculated in i135 gear

Rotation PPS
Pre-2.45 PPS: 137.9
Post-2.45 PPS: 147
PPS Increase: 9.1

Crit Adjusted PPS:
Pre-2.45 PPS: 160.419
Post-2.45 PPS: 169.744
PPS Increase: 9.325

Pre-2.45 Jump PPS: 6.25
Post2.45 Jump PPS: 8.333

Rotation DPS:
Pre-2.45 DPS: 520
Post-2.45 DPS: 546

We're still out DPS'd by the monk, but only by 18 DPS. Monks rotation at i135 is around 570. Remember, this does not include BFB, DFD, Life Surge etc. This is nothing more than the raw base rotation. If you include BFB/Jumps, the DPS difference will be much, much closer (10ish)

EDIT: Changed a word not to give false meaning.

Also, regarding stat-weights. The changes are in the thousandth decimal, literally makes no impact on gear.

Previously calculated:
WD 9.355
STR 1.000
DET 0.329
CRT 0.234
SS 0.194

Post-2.45
WD: 9.349
STR: 1.000
DET: 0.327
CRT: 0.233
SS: 0.198

EDIT 2: Just realised I overcalculated the DPS gain pre-2.45 by 6, oops :P