Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[Gardes]

This is my current stat as a dragoon. My dragoon doesn't go to coil anymore so my accuracy isn't a huge concern right now and should be fixable after this week's tome drop (nobody rolling on it for primary lot anymore).



Now, my question is, is it normal for me to keep letting phlebotomize drop off at 401 skill speed? I thought it would be somewhat normal on opening salvo due to the ogcds and jumps I weave in but on the second salvo and on, where there's less ogcd to be used, my phlebotomize keeps dropping off even with me mashing/queuing the gcds as fast as I can. I use /chotbar change macros but no /ac macros on the gcds (for combo page select sort of stuff) so I do have the ability to queue actions (at 280+ ms though). I mean, phlebotomize should be approaching 0 but never actually fall off the target status as I reapply it right? The icon stays there but the number resets back to its maximum? Doesn't happen with me?

I have a similar problem with warrior's berserk. People claim to be able to hit 9 actions under berserk at 360+ skill speed but I cannot hit 9 actions at 400 skill speed on a dummy in front of the fc house facing the ground. Is it action queuing vs/and/or latency issue? I really have no idea. I was told I'm hitting 460+ at 4 minutes ish with this gear set with no party bonus, food and potions but I can't help but wonder how much dps I'm missing out on just from this phleb issue (And possibly chaos too? Never really paid attention to that one's drop off tick). I realize there are other factors such as ogcd usage order and auto attack up time from using a controller with no lock on so my number might be even lower than what others would achieve with the same gear but I'm asking anyway.

[Dervy]

I have a similar problem with warrior's berserk. People claim to be able to hit 9 actions under berserk at 360+ skill speed but I cannot hit 9 actions at 400 skill speed on a dummy in front of the fc house facing the ground. Is it action queuing vs/and/or latency issue?

It's 390SS for 9GDCs in berserk and yes, it's heavily reliant on latency. Also, the timing of Berserk is crucial. It needs to be used so the animation of it finishes right as you're about to use a Heavy Swing or Butchers Block, etc.

Also, yes, it's normal for Phlebotomize to fall off. As I'm with shitty EU latency, my mine falls off until I'm around 430SS... And if you're suffering from 280ms, I'd seriously get WTFast or Pingzapper and change data-centers.

[Gardes]

And if you're suffering from 280ms, I'd seriously get WTFast or Pingzapper and change data-centers.

Haha...that 280+ ms is WITH a vpn. Without it I might as well be playing at 390+ ms AND chugging along like I'm driving a beat up car. And about the berserk thing, I've managed to pull off 9 hit at 400 but I can't even pull that off on a dummy regularly, much less with in actual combat situations (something like 1 success out of 5+ berserks).

So what's better for me then? Get more skill speed until it doesn't fall off anymore or just keep getting det and crit (and enough acc). I've been advised to keep pushing skill speed until I can 9 hit berserk because it's worth it for warriors (and I generally don't starve for TP as warrior).