Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[xyaie]

Hmm, thats all helpful to me, things i planned to test out later (i knew the snapshot thing)

I believe your last line may have helped answer one of my buddy and my questions:
Damage types. Are all lancer attacks piercing damage/all marauder attacks slashing and so on? If i take a lancer attack and give it to a warrior is it now piercing? or still slashing?
Its probable that with what you have shown, DoTs are just simply DoT damage, or perhaps physical damage.

[Brynmor]

I was able to confirm that Fracture's initial damage was increased by Disembowel which would suggest that the weapon being used, not the class the skill comes from is the determining factor.

[Ayvar]

I was able to confirm that Fracture's initial damage was increased by Disembowel which would suggest that the weapon being used, not the class the skill comes from is the determining factor.

The initial hit will get the bonus from Disembowel, but not the DoT. I'll be adding in the DoT discussion hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

EDIT: Actually hell, I have an hour, I'll do it now.

[Brynmor]

The initial hit will get the bonus from Disembowel, but not the DoT. I'll be adding in the DoT discussion hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

EDIT: Actually hell, I have an hour, I'll do it now.

I said as much in my post at the bottom of page 3. Might be some stuff in there you might want to look at if you're updating your OPs. If nothing else just to have multiple people independently confirming information.

[xyaie]

Thanks for the damage type info!

Ugh i hate this post limit thing. It seems so random as to how many i get as well

edit to a post that hasnt been posted yet: found it http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...17#post1015217

It sounds like if we want any dialog we need to either find a new forum, or post a theorycrafting type thread on the new player forums

edit:

edited this, wonder if anyone will notice! you can get past the 1000 character limit with an edit, but you cant get past the 10 post per day limit to my knowledge

[Brynmor]

Yea, it's making me miss the EJ forums. I had to trim my first post a lot. I was wondering how you got your EP one so long.

[Ayvar]

Thanks for the damage type info!

Ugh i hate this post limit thing. It seems so random as to how many i get as well

You get around it by editing your post, that's how I made the guide. Just save your full reply in notepad, then post enough characters for the forum to allow you to make a reply, then just edit the post and paste in the rest.

I said as much in my post at the bottom of page 3. Might be some stuff in there you might want to look at if you're updating your OPs. If nothing else just to have multiple people independently confirming information.

Ah! I didn't notice it was the same person. Yeah, I'd already confirmed the absence of the piercing damage buff on DoTs (particularly Fracture) in preparation for the DoT section...which I have now posted. But independent confirmation is always best!

[Silvermink]

Man, this could manage to be more complicated than my enhancement shaman. That was priority-based at the time I left WoW.

[Gilthaen]

I enjoy the "complexity" of our rotation, albeit long by some standards I don't ever find it monotonous because while our 27+ rotation looks good on paper, boss mechanics don't always allow for it to go as planned so that's where player "skill" comes into play... anyone can follow a rotation, but how do you react when a boss does x or y? Sometimes we'll need to stun, peel, kite, ect.. so we won't just sit there going ht>fr>ph>id>dis>ct>tt>vp>ft>ht>fr>ph>tt>vp>ft>id>dis>ct>ect all day long.

[S1nfulGam3r]

Very nice write up good sir. I simply cannot wait to unlock the Dragoon job... ten years from now... ^^ ~Brandon