Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Dervy]

We aren't getting any traits, according to that Q&A by PCgamerN on Twitch, lol. Hopefully he can clarify it a bit more on his AMA on reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...sward_handson/

[SunnyHirose]

ビサルドレイン is another one. Primal Drain? Visual Drain? Savage Drain?

You accidentally an a. It's "abyssal", I'm sure.

[Dunncan]

I'm digging and digging and still, cannot see any raid utility adition to Dragoon. Some fancy skills, yeah, maybe huge damage...

But Ninja is getting even more utility (and a minor "nerf"), and Monk getting it's "flaws" covered.

So far, I'm pretty disapointed with Dragoon news.

[Jonnycbad]

No traits? That's lame. Was hoping for at least 30sec Phlebotomize and maybe a buff to Invigorate seeing as MNK is getting TP back from Chakra and use Invigorate (was hoping for a recast reduction or something).

[Jollyy5]

I do hope this is just a case of lacking information... After I took a closer look what each class gets in HW, it really looks to me that Monks will still continue to overshadow Dragoons.

[Dervy]

I think it's a lack lack of information if I'm honest with you. Each job by the sounds of it is getting 6-7 new skills or so, from what we've seen thus far. We only know of 4.

[Jonnycbad]

Well since MNK will have Chakra and Invigorate, our endurance will drop comparatively. I guess DRG was a bit unique in that we could get a few more actions out due to 500TP Invigorate.

Also as an aside, using the various dps sets in your list Dervy, i think most of them have <390 skill speed, or am I mistaken? Is the 9 GCD during b4b overrated?

[Spayd]

Well since MNK will have Chakra and Invigorate, our endurance will drop comparatively. I guess DRG was a bit unique in that we could get a few more actions out due to 500TP Invigorate.

Also as an aside, using the various dps sets in your list Dervy, i think most of them have <390 skill speed, or am I mistaken? Is the 9 GCD during b4b overrated?

I think in the long run having more Crit/DET compensate in overall damage compared to a 9th bfb'd action. Also, SS is not that worth on dragoon, throw off rotation sometimes, yadayada, i hate it hehehe.

[pandabearcat]

Hitting 9 GCDs compared to 8 GCDs within BfB is a resultant 0.7%-1.4% dps increase.

This is significant if you're talking about like, 10 skill points, but not really in the grand scheme of things.

[Arthuro-Ray]

Perhaps one of the new skill will cost no tp, just like Inner Beast/Steel Cyclone for War