Dragoons: A Rotation Reborn

[kyrios91]

Wanna know your opinions on my DRG performance (No food, pots, party buffs - pure solo testing):

Parse: http://imgur.com/tdwI12Y

Gear: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OTNH

Rotation: (PS) > HT (IR) > ID (B4B) > Dis (LSweep) > CT (Jump) > Phl (DFD) > TT (SSD) > VT (LSurge) > FT. After that popped every cds the moment they're up and I have enough SSpd to use every other LSurge on CT. Reached 485 tops but it starts falling to 470 when I'm totally out of TP & Invigorate.

Feedbacks are appreciated and thanks!

[Dervy]

Okay, Reposting.

i135 @ 535 acc
Food: Flint Caviar
WD: 58
STR: 663
CRT: 521
DET: 376
SS: 378
Weight: 1036.406
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OTNT

i135 @ 535 acc
Food: Black Truffle Risotto
WD: 58
STR: 663
CRT: 502
DET: 410
SS: 341
Weight: 1035.771
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OTNX

So. The new food, Flint Caviar, gives us a 0.635 higher weight. Equates to barely 1 DPS increase on paper. However... that 410 Determination just looks too good to resist... Pick whatever you want as the DPS difference is barely noticeable. In my opinion, I'd recommend the Black Truffle set however, as 410 Determination gives you a much higher base damage, so when you crit, you'll hit insanely hard, especially on the opening burst.

Pre-T13 @ 535 Acc w/ Flint Caviar
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OTO3

Pre-T13 @ 535 Acc w/ Black Truffle Risotto
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/OUAL

Weights:
WD: 9.349
STR: 1
CRT: 0.233
DET: 0.327
SS: 0.198

[Aiurily]

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i was looking between those two sets too, and decided on skipping the flint caviar set. 4* food that costs around 25k for maybe 1 dps and some skill speed, no thanks! the skill speed isn't high enough that it'd let you do something like fit an extra FT/phlebotomize in BfB either

[Dervy]

Weights:
WD: 9.349
STR: 1
CRT: 0.233
DET: 0.327
SS: 0.198

Item 1:
39*1 = 39
29*0.233 = 6.757
24*0.327 = 7.848
Weight = 53.605

Item 2:
39*1 = 39
41*0.233 = 9.553
12*0.327 = 3.924
Weight = 52.477

Item 1 is better.

[Jeckyl_Tesla]

Weights:
WD: 9.349
STR: 1
CRT: 0.233
DET: 0.327
SS: 0.198

Item 1:
39*1 = 39
29*0.233 = 6.757
24*0.327 = 7.848
Weight = 53.605

Item 2:
39*1 = 39
41*0.233 = 9.553
12*0.327 = 3.924
Weight = 52.477

Item 1 is better.

Thanks, I'll just have to play about with the BiS solver I guess. I have no idea how to make those calculations but I'll get the hang of it.

I have a ghetto i110 crafted chest with 5 DET IIIs on it, and I didn't notice a DPS increase number wise at all going to i130 DW chest, if that's any reference.

Really? I would have thought the 11 str itself would have made a huge difference!

[Giantbane]

Weights:
WD: 9.349
STR: 1
CRT: 0.233
DET: 0.327
SS: 0.198

Has anyone actually worked out how well SS scales as you get more of it?

[Sleigh]

I have a ghetto i110 crafted chest with 5 DET IIIs on it, and I didn't notice a DPS increase number wise at all going to i130 DW chest, if that's any reference.

[SpookyGhost]

Might have something to do with the +47 SS. Otherwise it should've been a slight increase in DPS, but not really a massive one.

As far as I can tell, the IW body is better than the penamelded crafted one, but the crafted one is ever so slightly better with 2 DET 4s in the guaranteed slots. So I wouldn't waste the Poetics unless you planned to uprade it to i130 soon, but it also depends on how much gil you want to spend to get the chest. Though you should take into account that the Dreadwyrm chest has massive SS on it, which can cause many many problems.

As a side note, arms and boots are a pain as they come preloaded with +25 SS on each. I currently have over 500 SS and it sucks hardcore. My 2nd Invigorate is miles off when I'm dry. Need the Shiva spear ASAP. ; _ ;

[Dervy]

Ghetto Wootz Mail:
STR: 39 * 1.000 = 39
CRT: 29 * 0.233 = 6.467
DET: 20 * 0.327 = 6.54
Weight: 43.007

DW Mail
STR: 50 * 1.000 = 50
CRT: 33 * 0.233 = 7.689
SS : 47 * 0.198 = 9.306
Weight: 66.995

It should be a small DPS increase. Nothing major.

[Jeckyl_Tesla]

Thanks for all the answers. The chest piece is cheap and as long as I socket two IV's first, the rest won't cost much really. So that's not bad at all. Means I can pretty much skip the poetics one, and although the augmented one is nice, if it warrants only a minor boost, it'll probably be a better choice to keep with the crafted and gear out my other areas.