Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

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Phlebotomize has a piercing-adjusted total potency of 307 (170*1.1+20*18/3). This results in a DPS (assuming 2.5s GCDs) of 123 and damage per TP of 3.4.

The Thrust combo has an adjusted total potency of 715 (650*1.1). This is a DPS of 95 over the full combo, and DPT of 3.8.

Oh, Phleb is less TP-efficient than I thought it would be, but that's a lot more DPS. So in any TP-constrained situation you'd want to drop it for Thrust combos.

Fracture has a pierce-adjusted DPS of 92 and DPT of 2.9 ... so don't use it at all assuming you're finishing every Thrust combo and not dropping the third strike due to buff/debuff constraints. In other words, Fracture is a better "loose" GCD to spend than Thrust x2, or Thrust x1. However, if your choice is a full Thrust x3 versus injecting a Fracture, then Thrust x3 is better.

This is probably only relevant when TP management is not an issue, e.g. shorter fights. In addition, Fracture is probably effective to stack for cooldown bursting (since it does the "snapshot" DOT as described previously).

However, either way dropping Fracture probably won't result in much of a DPS loss overall, and may increase DPS due to its poor DPT.

Note: the DPS and DPT of a loose Impulse Drive + Disembowel (e.g. no Chaos Thrust) is 88 and 3.4, so it's not that bad to use as a filler if you can't get the full Thrust combo off. Fracture seems to be Not Worth It.


To recap the above numbers (DPS, DPT):

Phleb: 123, 3.4
Thrustx3: 95, 3.8
Frac: 92, 2.9
IM-DI: 88, 3.4

You cannot macro your combos the same way Pugilists can because even if you are on Vorpal Thrust in your rotation, the ability to use True Thrust isn't blocked

IMO they really need to change this. There's zero added gameplay value for allowing the player to use vorpal if true fails or isn't used. It's simply obnoxious.

lol, i was nowhere near the master. I'm just not afraid of numbers and decent with excel. but yeah, on that game i was seyon on the forums and xyaie in game, now im xyaie on the forums and seyon in game :P

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