Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Lucael_Shikaree]

Right now I'm at 486 accuracy which is close to perfect for 2nd coil, I can drop 10-15 but really don't want to drop ~40.

You need around 472 flank/rear for T6 and T7 (but I'm still working on it) and the High Allagan pieces you're going to take in the process will boost your accuracy. What about Gae Bolg Animus? It will increase your dps and give you a huge boost on accuracy that will help you a lot in the first second coil turns.

[whiskeybravo]

You need around 472 flank/rear for T6 and T7 (but I'm still working on it) and the High Allagan pieces you're going to take in the process will boost your accuracy. What about Gae Bolg Animus? It will increase your dps and give you a huge boost on accuracy that will help you a lot in the first second coil turns.

Animus isn't a terrible upgrade, 'cept I'm super far behind on that. Only got 3 atmas so far lol

Only 472 for the first two, eh? I've been seeing 493 everywhere so that's what I was aiming for.

Hopefully Levi unlocked in DF won't be terrible.. I rarely see groups up and when I do they are always farm parties, I've got the basics down, been to the blue orbs a couple of times but no clear, so I don't want to be "that guy" joining the farm party lol

[JetBrooks]

Hopefully Levi unlocked in DF won't be terrible.. I rarely see groups up and when I do they are always farm parties, I've got the basics down, been to the blue orbs a couple of times but no clear, so I don't want to be "that guy" joining the farm party lol

Dashes follow the tail. If you're fighting the tail in the NE corner, the first dash will be from the N or E side of the deck, the second dash will be from the S or W side of the deck. This means you only have to focus one corner at a time, makes recognizing dashes very easy. Beyond that just focus on not getting splashed to death. Get your clear by being very careful and worry about maximizing DPS once you've got the mechanics down. I always fake it til I make it (albeit usually very quickly) in farm parties.

[whiskeybravo]

Dashes follow the tail. If you're fighting the tail in the NE corner, the first dash will be from the N or E side of the deck, the second dash will be from the S or W side of the deck. This means you only have to focus one corner at a time, makes recognizing dashes very easy. Beyond that just focus on not getting splashed to death. Get your clear by being very careful and worry about maximizing DPS once you've got the mechanics down. I always fake it til I make it (albeit usually very quickly) in farm parties.

Somebody had mentioned something like that but I didn't quite follow what they were saying. Thanks Jet, I'll start paying more attention to that xD

[mythicrose]

I'm really not so sure its worth it.

Neither the high allagan spear or liberator have accuracy on it. Accuracy does become an issue (for me at least) if I want to continue using Buttons over Deviled Eggs. The wolfram cuirass will have a little lower accuracy over the astrum chestpiece but will have a higher dps potential. For me, it'll work nicely as I continue to mix n' match gear to suit the situation.

Side note : At least spirit binding for the materia is a decent way to level my chocobo.

[whiskeybravo]

Question:

For whatever reason I was thinking that if power surge was increased to 80 sec CD it would allow us to use Jump on CD instead of waiting for PS. (I always tend to wait for PS to use Jump) After running a 320 sec hypothetical, it looks like there is actually no need to change the CD. From what I can see, over the 320 sec period, it's about 400 more potency to use Jump on CD as it is now, you still use Jump every 40 and PS every 80 (as if the CD as 80 instead of 60).

Do you guys use Jump on CD instead of waiting for PS? I think I'm going to just start using on CD, as it seems to be a damage boost (400 potency/320 sec) vs waiting for PS.

[Taleon]

I have always used Jump on CD, and followed up off CD of Power Surge with Spineshatter

[mythicrose]

Question:

Do you guys use Jump on CD instead of waiting for PS? I think I'm going to just start using on CD, as it seems to be a damage boost (400 potency/320 sec) vs waiting for PS.

Lost now, but at one point in this thread either Ayvar, Dervy, EasymodeX, or one of the other theorycrafters/mathmaticians did a calcuation showing you lose overall dps waiting to sync.

[JetBrooks]

It's pretty self-explanatory: the faster you use cooldowns, the faster you get them back, the more damage you do. I use PS for whatever jump's available.

[whiskeybravo]

Yea.. Not quite sure why I was doing it like that, habit I guess. I've realized that there is another part of my rotation that needed correction so I've been working on that too. Just finding all these little things after getting back into dragoon.