Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Dervy]

Makes no difference in PPS if you count it from the first FT, or first CT, providing you're not using any other buffs excluding LS. PPS is an average anyway.

Here's my argument about the timings of LS and how it can be possible to fit in between every SS value up until we reach our breakpoint (which is theoretically higher than 390).

It's not even an assumption that we're able to use LS like how I've suggested it. There's room for it to be used all the way up until 404 Skillspeed with absolutely no latency and clipping issues and LS is used directly in between two skills.


Let's assume that this always won't be the case and there's a +- 0.05 variation on our timing of LS, that's still a maximum upper limit of 400 SS for the most extreme possibility. At 400 SS, we have a GDC of 2.444. The first LS is used in between VP and FT, which are 6 & 7 GDC's off from when we first start the rotation.

(6*2.444)+(7*2.444)/2 = 15.886 +- 0.05. That's our approximation of when we use Life Surge.

15.886+50 = 65.886s +- 0.05 is the total time of the rotation when LS will be next up.

CT is 27 GDCs into the rotation. 27*2.444 = 65.988 - 65.886 = 0.102 +- 0.05.

So even at 400 SS, taking into consideration there's no GDC clipping, LS will be up 0.102s +- 0.05s before our usage of CT. Of course, this is the most extreme case. Let's use the Non-Crafted BiS sets Skillspeed (410 det set), 378 SS.

378 ss = 2.465 GDCs.

(6*2.465)+(7*2.465)/2 =
14.791+17.255=16.023 +- 0.05 + 50 = 66.023
27*2.465 = 66.555 - 66.023 = 0.532 +- 0.05s before CT is up.

The timing is tight, but it works. Providing there's no clipping, latency issues or breaks in the rotation due to fight mechanics (Shiva EX is a perfect example where this rotation isn't as good), LS will be up prior to the usage of LS/CT, always, up until the break point.