Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[rickyguo]

I think I'm one of the few that is glad to see every one of these people switch jobs. If poor dps is keeping any party from winning, I assure you it's not because of the 1 drg unless they are bad at their job at which case please switch to NIN to help boost your sub-par dps. Mantra has never saved a raid I've been in, ever, and if it does for any other groups it was because everyone was getting hit by things they shouldn't. Have fun trying to get into pugs that already have their NIN spots filled.

have you noticed that both groups that beat the t13 enrage ran double monk?

dps disparities are more noticeable when you're undergeared for content and on the forefront of progression. I never said that DRG wasn't viable as the dps different isn't that big but it's still there and there's just no benefits to it. Yes, if you go in t10 or t13 a month later with like i120 and i130 weapons then yeah, it doesn't matter what class you have.

I have 4 pentamelded crafted pieces, and I'm maxing damage how ever possible and enrage is still an issue.

Once again, mantra and dragonkick debuff doesn't save raids usually but it saves the healer mana and helps. It's also way more noticeable when you're pushing progression than when you're i120 with an extra 1k hp or something.

I mean, even if you could beat all the current content as a DRG which it probably is possible, there's no still actual benefits in going as a DRG over monk or ninja as you do less damage, take more damage and have zero utility. Disembowel doesn't count as utility, it's a straight dps buff which still puts us below the other 2 melees.

I been maining DRG since 2.0 and the reason I still play it is because I enjoy it even though I know that going monk or ninja will benefit my group more in every single way.

[Bushido_Brown]

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Think back when we were running through your hunting log while leveling up a class, we all tried to kill that beast at the bottom of the list that was 10 levels above us, right?

Its great to see people beating the new content within the first week of release, but I'm not in a hurry, I never bother with spending my gil or time on overmelded craft gear since its worthless once i get a loot drop to replace it, but different strokes for different folks.

Typically, the issue with a particular instance in the beginning is that we're still learning the mechanics, then once they become muscle-memory we are able to maximize our dps (not talking about parsing for 3 minutes to get some crazy 500000000dps result that doesn't mean anything for a fight that's over 10 minutes other than to brag about fully buffed DPS that discounts skill and potion CDs).