Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[whiskeybravo]

Thanks, I forgot about the ilvl requirements now. I got a few new pieces from Copperbell HM, pretty much the same stats as AK just shuffled around a bit. I was mainly concerned about the DL, as 2 points doesn't seem worth it for the upgrade when loosing the accuracy. I guess I'll just have to wait to equip everything and see what can be improved from there. Trying to save myth for +1 whm and War uppers. The CT gear looks good but only 1 chance a week to get loot? That's gonna take longer than myth lol

[ServerCollaps]

Thanks, I forgot about the ilvl requirements now. I got a few new pieces from Copperbell HM, pretty much the same stats as AK just shuffled around a bit. I was mainly concerned about the DL, as 2 points doesn't seem worth it for the upgrade when loosing the accuracy. I guess I'll just have to wait to equip everything and see what can be improved from there. Trying to save myth for +1 whm and War uppers. The CT gear looks good but only 1 chance a week to get loot? That's gonna take longer than myth lol

get your gae bolg +1 and the myth armor as fast as possible, try to get a coil group and some coil drops, myth shoes are a good decision too since the allagan ones are only obtainable via turn 5
you'll never really have accuracy problems, I'm sitting at like 530 acu with full ilvl90 gear and just wait since 2 monaths for some coil drops to replace some of the myth pieces ~_~

[Exavion]

Can someone explain to me the difference between stat weights and item budget weights?

I see the stat weights listed as:

STRDEX 1
DTR** 0.209
CRT 0.179
SS 0.158

Item budget weights:

DTR 2.28
CRT 2.86
SS 2.55

[EasymodeX]

Can someone explain to me the difference between stat weights and item budget weights?

Stat weights are how much "dps value" each point of stat is worth (note: the # itself does NOT equal DPS). However, gear doesn't have stats in equal amounts. If you notice for example, two pieces of similar gear will have 16 crit rating or 11 determination. E.g. SE decided that 16 crit and 11 determination "use up" the same amount of item "budget" / space.

So if you take the stat weights (per point) for each stat, and multiply it by expected item budget amounts, the result is a number that you can use as a general guide for "which stat dump on items will give me more DPS".

Item budget weights:

DTR 2.28
CRT 2.86
SS 2.55

Specifically with these results, you should aim for crit gear first, followed by SS followed by DTR*.

* As always, with the caveat that no one knows the exact formula for DTR so it might be slightly better than rated and SS has its own constraints and may be slightly poorer than expected based on TP / DoT simulation.

[Crush3r07]

I'm not sure how the item/stat weight works, but could someone compare my current set with BIS. I'm slowly working towards BIS, but I would Like to know how my current set compares. I'm not sure if it works like this or which info to give, but curent stats with it equipped:

STR 474; ACC 486; Crit 487; Det 300; SS 441 +Zenith for WD (46); If possible I'd like to know the damage loss I'm taking in percentage.

[Warrlordd]

I do not use fracture. I have too much SS to make it desirable.

[LongNu]

I do not use fracture.

I've been saying this before 2.1 was even released.

[PArcher]

Honestly, with CT no longer clipping I took Fracture off my bar entirely. Was only using it as filler anyway.

I'm thinking Mantra would be good to have, but the prospect of leveling MNK to 42 just doesn't seem fun

[LupusLazuli]

Honestly, with CT no longer clipping I took Fracture off my bar entirely. Was only using it as filler anyway.

I'm thinking Mantra would be good to have, but the prospect of leveling MNK to 42 just doesn't seem fun

I leveled MNK just because I wanted to have it at 50 as an alt spec, but I wouldn't bother getting Mantra is leveling it isn't fun to you. I have Mantra on my bar and pop it just for posterity in high damage situations but that 5% healing really doesn't make much difference.