Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Jamison]

Here's the updated list (also edited on the last page):

• Heavy Thrust buff from 10% damage bonus to 15%
• Phlebotomize DoT potency up from 20 to 25
• Chaos Thrust combo potency up from 160 to 200
• Chaos Thrust DoT potency up from 20 to 30
• Power Surge recast down from 90 to 60 seconds
• Animation lock shortened on Jump, Spineshatter Dive and Dragonfire Dive
• Internal Release crit rate down from 20% to 10%

• It's possible Chaos Thrust will reapply even with a lower potency. Patch notes aren't clear on that.
• JP notes list a Full Thrust potency increase from 300 to 330.

[LordMaitreya]

Overall I am very happy. Although I would have preferred to use my jumps more often not buff my jumps more often.

Now we need the mathematicians to get to get work on the new optimal rotations.

[Ayvar]

Overall I am very happy. Although I would have preferred to use my jumps more often not buff my jumps more often.

Now we need the mathematicians to get to get work on the new optimal rotations.

Basically all of the higher difficulty rotations will remain unchanged in terms of effectiveness.

[Mantrus]

Basically all of the higher difficulty rotations will remain unchanged in terms of effectiveness.

Actually, doesn't Fracture have even less of a reason to be used with 2.1? Since Full Thrust is getting buffed, the average potency/action of the standard combo is up and it should be greater than (or at least even closer to) Fracture's total potency. EasyModeX's rotation, which seems to focus on maximizing the number of thrust combos, would be buffed.

[Ayvar]

Actually, doesn't Fracture have even less of a reason to be used with 2.1? Since Full Thrust is getting buffed, the average potency/action of the standard combo is up and it should be greater than (or at least even closer to) Fracture's total potency. EasyModeX's rotation, which seems to focus on maximizing the number of thrust combos, would be buffed.

The logic behind all of the rotations remains the same no matter the buffs to our abilities. Some are designed for learning, some for long uptime fights, some for fights with lots of interruptions, some for TP conservation, etc. What will affect rotations is whether we are able to clip CTs now, the description of that change wasn't very clear.