Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Dervy]

When we do finally raise the level cap in the future, Skill Speed will play an even bigger role there.

http://www.novacrystallis.com/2014/0...naoki-yoshida/

Found this. lolwhat. Are you mad? Are they seriously going to consider making me TP drained within the first minute of the fight?

Let's get this right. If we assume the stat differences for every 10 levels are similar, difference of SS between level 40-50 is 97. So, we can assume to have a 450SS base for 3.0... GDC of 2.396.

We can expect, when geared, to have a GDC of 2.2-2.1, nearly that of the current MNK/NIN. Fuarrk.

So if they actually make it "more important".... ugh

[Viridiana]

Let's get this right. If we assume the stat differences for every 10 levels are similar, difference of SS between level 40-50 is 97. So, we can assume to have a 450SS base for 3.0... GDC of 2.396.

Well, at base SS of ~446, you should expect to still have a GCD of 2.50 seconds. At that point we'll have to determine how much SS goes into reducing your GCD by .01 all over again, as all the math will be different.

[SunnyHirose]

http://www.novacrystallis.com/2014/0...naoki-yoshida/

Found this. lolwhat. Are you mad? Are they seriously going to consider making me TP drained within the first minute of the fight?

I'm really curious about this ever since that was said. Because a more recent statement was more like, "okay, yeah, it's a consolation prize stat. itemize around it." (meanwhile, in SMN and BRD world...).

Hey guys, now that Carbon Twines are available outside of Final Coil (and WoD is here), are the upgraded Poetics gloves a better choice than the Astrum ones? This is my gear currently. I don't need any additional accuracy for now, so I'm only really interested in gloves that would improve my damage.

If you ignore the existence of the caviar, I'm a carbontwine away from a Bard Food + no-crafted BiS: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PD8Y which is not my preferred BiS because Bard Food is more expensive ;D

But it's fine by me, because it's a single drop difference from the Black Truffle + no-crafted BiS, and that's a drop I don't have. Also, it has a slightly higher stat weight.

At 4+ mobs I know i should just AoE.

You should AoE at 3+ mobs unless you're low on TP.* Even if that means going single-target on the next pack, you'd otherwise be sitting on that TP. In fact, you could AoE at 2 mobs if you're really TP-rich (with the recent buff to Chaos Thrust, it technically does more DPS than 2-target Doom Spike now... but only if it ticks out a lot).

DoTting takes a while to do on DRG, so on two long-lived targets you can focus target #1 with the ST rotation and put DoTs on target #2. On two short-lived targets... "it's trash, who cares."

* When I AoE, it devolves from [HT-RoT-DS spam] with all buffs up and full TP to [HT-RoT] some time after Invigorate to single-target (to finish off stragglers). You should watch mob HP in relation to your TP drain rather than do something a set number of times, especially since most dungeons aren't done in two Mythflox-style pulls. In my experience, not all that much lives past that the HT-RoT stage if you're moderately geared for a dungeon and the other DPS is okay.

[Jeckyl_Tesla]

Alright guys, I need help. I've finally downed T9 and I'm averaging 370-390/400 DPS (even more depending on pure luck) with my current gear. I don't know if that's good, I'm told it is, but I want to improve since my gear is actually quite bad.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PDIJ

This is my current set up. My helm, is bloody everywhere. MY chest piece is melded, bot not with the best materia. Same with the belt.

Currently, with this get up, I have enough accuracy for T10 (and maybe T11 too?) Yet when I upgrade my boots and gloves to IW, I don't think I will be.

Now, my first main question. Should I replace my helm? And also, what about other other two crafted pieces?

Second question, should I forgo my gloves and just hope for dreadwyrm to drop from T10?

And the ultimate question, where should I look to go from here, to gear up for FCOB? Like, for my WHM, MND simply beats all other secondary stats by miles. So even if a piece of gear has meh secondary stats, as long as it has lots more MND, it's simply better.

Is this how it works for with DRG too? Should I just go for Demon/full IW due to the STR?

Also, I'm currently at a decent slot with SS, 370 which lets me get in another hit during BfB, should I go for more?