Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[PopcornDinosaur]

Can anyone shed light on the ideal way to rotate cool-downs after the initial cool-down dump ?

ie:
Leg Sweep : asap
Mercy Stroke : asap
Life Surge : asap on Full Thrust
Jump & Power Surge : should Jump be spammed asap ? or should it be pair with Power Surge everytime
Internal Release & Blood for Blood : asap ? or should they be paired together and saved for Chaos Thrust/Phlebotomize
Spineshatter Dive / Dragonfire Fire : save as gap closer or spam asap

or is it a case of simply using off-GCD skills as soon as they become available.

[JetBrooks]

Can anyone shed light on the ideal way to rotate cool-downs after the initial cool-down dump ?

Just what I do, my dps seems to be good.

Leg Sweep : ASAP, it comes back so quickly, you're probably going to have it for any burn phase anyway
Mercy Stroke : ASAP (maybe smarter to save for burn phases, but I keep mine macroed to other abilities, coz I use a controller and buttons are scarce)
Life Surge : I like to have at least one buff up so I get a warm and fuzzy feeling when Full Thrust hits for 1k+
Jump & Power Surge : If I see that Power Surge is about to become available, I'll wait. Don't forget that you can use it with other jumps, too. Basically, get the Power Surge out as soon as possible by any means. I guess the order of preference is Jump > DFD > SSD, depending whether you wanna save DFD for AOE or whatever
Internal Release & Blood for Blood : I think I've done my highest DPS just using them as soon as possible, they should last long enough to roll over an IDC combo in any scenario
Spineshatter Dive / Dragonfire Fire : I try to spam these, but with the intention of having them available for burn phases (dreadnaughts in T4, conflags, etc). You'll just have to spam them at first to get a feel for when they'll come back up throughout particular fights. Or just save them if you really need the burn damage.