Is the CD on Dragoon Abilities Too Long?

[OptimalZedd]

So I don't want to come off as a dick, so don't take it that way.

Currently I'm in mostly Darklight/AK gear (ilvl 45-47 legs, hands, waist and 1 ring) and the Ifrit weapon and I'm doing 220-230 DPS on DRG. You might want to check the rotation if you're only at 200 because it sounds like (from what you're critting for) that you've got better gear then me.

The speed of the DRG I enjoy a lot so no complaints there. Definitely not the lowest DPS in instances I run (and this was before the DoTs were being read via the parser) and this is compared to characters that have full darklight/AK/Ifrit+ weapon, so on that note I can't agree.

But the rest I do agree with.

yeah maybe im doing something wrong with drg, but also dont run the parser just as some guy on BG do, start parser > CD > rotation > rotation > CD > stop parser

you need at least 40k dmg

i dont know if we have right to post screen of parser here ...

[Zoot]

Kiluvian's idea would be great for this. A 20 second CD on jump with scaled damage without returning you to the original position. I..........

I would be happy with the current CD on JUMP if it just performed as a real Gap closer (no return) and gave Dragoons damage immunity throughout the animation and for a second after we land. Dragoons need to be about battlefield maneuverability.

All CD's in this game need to be looked at IMO. Take Mercy Stroke from Marauder as an example. At first glance it seems like a cool Execute ability that all Dragoons would want to pick up. Then you see that it's got a 90 sec CD. W...T...F??? Maybe if it came with obscene damage but it's 200 Potency. A 30 sec CD is more in line with an Execute IMO. It needs some kind of CD because of the health return but 90 seconds seems extreme.

[MalcolmReynolds]

All CD's in this game need to be looked at IMO. Take Mercy Stroke from Marauder as an example. At first glance it seems like a cool Execute ability that all Dragoons would want to pick up. Then you see that it's got a 90 sec CD. W...T...F??? Maybe if it came with obscene damage but it's 200 Potency. A 30 sec CD is more in line with an Execute IMO. It needs some kind of CD because of the health return but 90 seconds seems extreme.

Agree with this. I don't know why people keep suggesting picking up Mercy Stroke. Sure it's relatively powerful but that cooldown makes it not worth it at all. It's basically Jump with a 90 second CD without the benefit of Power Surge. I'd rather take a defensive ability and help out my healers out a bit.

[Toukai]

Why not just double the potency of Jump attacks? or at least +50%; The cooldowns would be a lot more reasonable and the fact u lose out on 1 second or 2 of Dps otherwise would be made up with you landing one brutally crushing attack once a minute with jump. Spineshatter and the lv50 jump with their long cooldowns would just help increase your spike and not be as useless as they are.