Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[LunaHoshino]

Thanks for the advice! I'll go for the Bracelet for my next Poetics piece, then, and keep farming Shiva. I've been farming T6 and T7 too but our group only ever seems to see Healing, Casting or Fending gear drop from those (we once got the Fending stuff from T7 twice in a row), so that might take me a while.

[SunnyHirose]

Yup, having good downgrade pieces is never bad, but sometimes the drops just aren't with ya.

[LunaHoshino]

No kidding, haha. Killed Shiva five more times today, no sign of the spear yet. At least I got the True Ice Bracelet for non-Coil stuff.

[Dunncan]

Soooo for everyone arround "near" BiS and progressing/clearing 13...

I got the poetics legs last night, and with this, I'm with no SS on gear. That beeing said, I have noticed a little DPS loss on t13. So, I'm not really sure if there is a min SS on gear to things go smooth, or it's just the adaptation/lack of other stats(DET/Crit).

In another subject, how are you guys doing your opening burst on T13? Due to MegaFlare, sometimes it's really hard to flee stuff while, specially, jumping (¬¬).

Actually, I'm with: TT>(IR)>ID>(BB)>Dis>(LS)CT>(LS)>Moving to flak for MegaFlare here >PP>(Jump)

Now here things start to mess. Usually, my rotation from here is TT<(DfD)>VT(SD)>FT(LSweep) but depending on how Megaflare targets me, I can't use DfD or Spineshatter cause I can end up killing someone or myself (180ms here). So DfD and Spineshatter end up after FT, still with BB but without IR.

I'm curious how you guys are managing this egaflare situation on opening burst.

[SunnyHirose]

In another subject, how are you guys doing your opening burst on T13?

I'm doing something like what Yan Dere posted a few pages back:

Heavy Thrust (Blood for Blood + Internal Release) >
Impulse Drive (HQ X-Potion of Strength) >
Disembowel (Leg Sweep + Power Surge) >
Chaos Thrust (Jump) >
Phlebotomize (Spineshatter Dive) >
True Thrust (Dragonfire Dive) >
Vorpal Thrust (Life Surge) >
Full Thrust > (HQ Potent Poisoning Potion)

Ideally. Jump is the slowest lock and this gets it out of the way before you (depending on RNG) have to reposition. The other two, just use good judgment and get them in when you can. T11 is where I got my practice in for using them while already in an AoE (hehe).

Normally I would not push my oGCDs this hard for consistency and aggro reasons, but the first Megaflare just makes it like that.

As for DPS loss on T13... any time you have to run an Earthshaker out is a significant loss, and that's RNG. Kinda tough to tell.

[Dervy]

Switch IR and BB around.

Just my £0.002

[Sleigh]

With Stoneskin, Megaflare can't kill you with B4B on. Gear dependent I suppose but I think as long as you have some i120s/i130s left-side you should be fine and can use it without abandon in your opener.

I actually DGAF about B4B in most of T13 as DRG with a decent amount of i130s. Basically the only thing that scares me is final phase Megaflare > tower/nail/whatever explosion, I won't B4B before Megaflares there, not worth the risk.

[rickyguo]

another week without loot rip

[SunnyHirose]

another week without loot rip

/comfort

I saw the spear drop this week!

... on the alt run -ヮ-;;

[Daweism]

another week without loot rip

Same here... Healer boots drop #7