Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Killabye]

im wondering how you guys macro if at all, i put my power surge in with some combos so it goes off asa available

/ac life surge
/ac full thrust
/wait .5
/ac full thrust

im tank so not great at dps but this gets me some good crits or
/ac power surge
/ac dragonfire dive
/wait .5
/ac dragonfire dive

[TheKingSlayer]

im tank so not great at dps but this gets me some good crits or
/ac power surge
/ac dragonfire dive
/wait .5
/ac dragonfire dive

Powersurge doesn't stack with DFD It only works with Jump or SSD.

[Spartan117]

im wondering how you guys macro if at all, i put my power surge in with some combos so it goes off asa available

/ac life surge
/ac full thrust
/wait .5
/ac full thrust

im tank so not great at dps but this gets me some good crits or
/ac power surge
/ac dragonfire dive
/wait .5
/ac dragonfire dive

several pages before.. save LS for BFB, instead of using it whenever it's up. Makes binding LS to FT moot.

For PS depends if you wanna save it for Jump only, and as mentioned above doesn't apply to DFD.

For me I hate binding moves to macros unless i'm a bard. The responsiveness and shaving of GCD from skill speed gets thrown out of the window cause of the .5 tick of macro recognition. And generally you don't want to miss anything in your rotation cause the macro failed to recognise the next move.

[Alice_89th]

im wondering how you guys macro if at all, i put my power surge in with some combos so it goes off asa available

/ac life surge
/ac full thrust
/wait .5
/ac full thrust

I do have this macro'd, although my macro is as follows:

/micon Full Thrust
/ac Life Surge
/ac Full Thrust

And I just mash the button repeatedly (because I do that anyways).


Chione is right though, it is better saved for BFB.
Personally I tend to forget that BFB exists, so until I learn to properly incorporate that into my rotation I am keeping this macro.
(I need to spend some time with a training dummy to solidify my rotation...)

[ColdestHeaven]

im wondering how you guys macro if at all, i put my power surge in with some combos so it goes off asa available

I never really used macros for Dragoon, to be honest. I find that small pause between each command when there are more strings (example, Life surge + Full thrust), plus not having visually distinct cooldowns, disturbing. I prefer to know when I'm popping each action/cooldown, especially since some CD coming up at certain time in the fight can help memorizing pattern/timings in certain bosses.

snip

This is the one that I use, roughly (I usually switch B4B and IR, not sure if I should do the other way around). There seems a debate as to whether there is or not a better initial burst, but it is nowhere near "outdated".