Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Etherel90]

Hey guys. Long time lurker of this thread, first time poster. Quick shout-out to everyone who has worked tirelessly to make this thread what it is. You guys have been a huge help to the Dragoon community and I really appreciate your work. On to the issue:
I've been solely focusing on Titan EX lately in order to get my earrings. 4 clears so far out of probably 200 or more runs. It's going slowly but I'm experienced enough to not die from stupid things anymore. I focus entirely on my DRG when I play. I like to think with the amount of time I've put into him, I'm pretty good. I've followed this thread since launch. I was floored when, in a recent Titan EX, I asked my FC mate to "pen and paper calculate my DPS against the other members of the party" and I found out that I hit 200 DPS against the other 2 monks in the group that hit 250. I was 50 DPS lower than both monks! Don't know why or how, because over my 200+ Titan runs, I thought I had come pretty close to maximizing my potential damage. So I wish to give a rough outline of what I have been doing and see if you guys can give me pointers and constructive criticism.

I’m i90 (although what I like to call “artificially” i88) because I use a lower accuracy set when doing primals that contain the Onion Tassets and Onion Boots to maximize my DPS. You can check my lodestone for my exact gear set.
I also use the Ph - HT - ID - Dis - CT - TT - VT - FT rotation because it’s only a couple DPS lower than the long rotation and I find it easier to pick up and leave off in fights where I have to move around a lot.

Generally when Titan EX starts, I begin by using Spineshatter to close the gap and immediately go into my rotation popping Blood for Blood and Internal Release in between Ph and HT. Once I hit the TT-VT-FT portion I space out my cool downs like this:
TT - Power Surge - VT - Life Surge - FT - Jump. I tend to use that rotation in “chunks” saving those cool downs for when I can use them all in that rotation.

I know a couple things I could do would be to:

• use cool downs as soon as they’re up, but in Titan it sometimes feels wasted to pop one and then either have him phase change, throw up Gaols, put down bombs, or something else in which the cool down is wasted by standing around or dodging mechanics.
• I also know that I am wasting at least one or two Dragonforce Dives because I get too busy in the last half of the fight and forget that it’s off cool down. Lately I have been trying to use it more often.
• Lastly, the other thing I could be doing incorrectly is applying phlebotomize too often and basically wasting ticks, as that is often the first thing I throw up whenever I have had to move away from Titan. I don't know how much of a difference in DPS that would make if I were to be more careful about not wasting ticks and using that time to hit with another attack.

Even with knowing these few things I could change, I do not see how those alone would explain the 50 DPS difference I experienced.

What am I doing wrong?