Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Riotpersona]

On T8 with my allagan spear, I used to get about 350~360, and now with my weathered liberator I get about 360~370+ on T8, our MNK who is equalled geared tends to push about 20 dps more than that. I usually handle Homing missles and brainjack in P2, and I play backup mine/tower runner in P3, but neither of these should significantly impact your DPS.

T7 I almost always pull top dps at about 310~320 by the end, but if there is a wipe it can vary pretty wildly based on shrieks. I found the biggest factor in pushing DPS on T7 is to make sure you turn for voice for the smallest amount of time possible. T7 is hardly a race though, I wouldn't necessarily recommend jeopardizing a victory to push a bit more dps (I've also learned never to pop CDs when shriek is about to go out, that same thing has happened to me far too many times).

T6 I've found to be pretty rough based on RNG on vines/devour marker. I've done anything from 340 to 270 on that. Our BRD always does extremely well here. Not to offend anyone, but 345 on Raff with Atma weapon is pretty unrealistic.

[Crimz]

On T8 with my allagan spear, I used to get about 350~360, and now with my weathered liberator I get about 360~370+ on T8, our MNK who is equalled geared tends to push about 20 dps more than that. I usually handle Homing missles and brainjack in P2, and I play backup mine/tower runner in P3, but neither of these should significantly impact your DPS.

Interesting. At some point I usually run dry on TP with around 420 SS (almost inevitable given how much is attached to our gear) so I'm not sure I'd be pushing those numbers unless I got a well timed Army's Peon. Where else are you squeezing extra DPS? Do you switch back to the Avatar early after fully DoTing the Dreadnoughts perhaps?

[Riotpersona]

Interesting. At some point I usually run dry on TP with around 420 SS (almost inevitable given how much is attached to our gear) so I'm not sure I'd be pushing those numbers unless I got a well timed Army's Peon. Where else are you squeezing extra DPS? Do you switch back to the Avatar early after fully DoTing the Dreadnoughts perhaps?

Yeah, I feel your pain, I have 465 SS on my T8/9 set. Our Monk and me both run dry pretty fast, so we have our BRD run Paeon for a few ticks each time we use invigorate, so that ties us over till the next invigorate.

I know that Dervy was talking about the optimal rotation dealing with the dreadnaught a while back, so he may have a better solution than myself. Generally in our group the dread pops up just as I am doing FT -> PH, at which point I dragonfire drive, do my CT combo on the dreadnaught, hit HT > ID > Mercy Stroke, and then return to the Avatar.

[rickyguo]

On T8 with my allagan spear, I used to get about 350~360, and now with my weathered liberator I get about 360~370+ on T8, our MNK who is equalled geared tends to push about 20 dps more than that.

I get about the same as you in t8 but the equally geared monk is hitting like 430+.

I also wouldn't recommend pushing more dps in t7 unless you're super confident. I had like 270 in our t7 clear this week and we were 3 minutes ahead of enrage. Especially for progression, it's safer to turn a few seconds earlier especially if your internets questionable at times instead of turning at the last second to force dps.

I usually play on the safe side during progression and then if we get through all the mechanics and hit enrage, I start pushing for more dps. Think I had like 250 dps during the t9 clear since I was prioritizing stacking and mechanics over dps.