Perfect DragoonFollow

Don't spend money just to change your name because other people make fun of you. As long as you like it that's all that matters. It's better than having "Cloud" or "Sephiroth" or some other generic overused FF character name.

As for Dragoon, they get a lot of end gear stuff like Homam and heca, but making the journey from 60 to 75 is hard especially for a first level job.

3rd i wasnt complaining, i was asking for advice

oh, well im down for spending as much gil as i have to, i just wanna be as close to the best as i can, thnx for making the list

Aokiji pretty much covers it. It's hard to go wrong with the setup he suggests, although I'd differ in a couple of minor points:

Hands: Spiked Finger Gauntlets. If you can afford them, they're basically Tarrasque Mitt stats a whole heck of a lot of levels earlier. If not, the AF hands are OK but not great.

Also, I personally don't switch in the AF head for WS. I believe the ATK from a Valkyrie's is going to give you more damage than an improvement in the breath damage. Now if you don't have that much ATK in the head slot, it might be worth switching in the AF.

After the previous 2-hander update (and even after this week's) the Scorpion Harness is overkill. There's ATK you can put in that slot and put the money saved towards the Spiked Finger Gauntlets. Eventually you'll want an Assault Jerkin I imagine; Ose is so not my friend and I'm using a Jaridah Peti in the meantime. (I have an SH; I took it off after the 2-hander switch because I had too much ACC.)

With 1 DEX = 0.8 ACC, a pair of Woodsmans will go a long way for ACC. I'd also suggest, depending on race, a Potent Belt instead of a Life Belt as your ACC item in the waist slot -- for a mithra such as I am, the Potent wins hands down.

I used the GKL at 60, but that was before the first 2-hander update. After that, without such a need for accuracy, I'd absolutely agree with Aokiji's suggestion of the Dark Mezraq.

The key to ACC is to put on just enough (while eating meat) to get a full TP return from all five Pentathrust hits the majority of the time. Once you have that -- and there are many ways of achieving that build -- any excess ACC is just a slot that could have been filled with ATK or STR gear. I actually have a TP return message built in to my Pentathrust macro so I can monitor it in real time.

And once you've found that balance, carry an extra couple of pieces so you can adjust it either way depending on the mob. I haven't set my build yet after the change to the STR/ATK ratio on Monday, but last week I used to carry a pair of Woodsmans and a pair of Victories, and mix and match depending on the accuracy I was seeing in the field. Tough Colibris and Incredibly Tough Mamool Jas require different setups to be optimal.

But don't throw out the AF. As Aokiji says, you'll need the feet to macro in for jumps, and most of the set works pretty well when soloing with a mage sub.

Edit: Minor addition

Edited, Nov 21st 2007 2:25pm by Laverda

Edit again:

It looks like Pentathrust is (I hope temporarily) broken with regard to accuracy. It was adjusted for 1:1 originally and not after the 1:0.8 update, and many DRGs are now reporting a vast amount of missed strikes even in serious ACC gear. Unless this is fixed, the Pentathrust rule of thumb for accuracy is probably broken too. Look for an 85-90% accuracy level with meat on normal strikes.

Edited, Nov 21st 2007 3:29pm by Laverda

I seem to have left out hands in my original post, but I agree with this 100%. Spiked Finger Gauntlets are the best you can get until Dusk Gloves.



I think the difference between these two is so minuscule that it doesn't matter.



Now here is where I'm inclined to disagree somewhat. If Darthstrife were to get the gear that I recommended, he would have +36 ACC on top the +10 ACC he gets from the ACC bonus job trait. That would give him +46 ACC for TPing, which is really nice for when you're fighting mobs that are usually Low to Mid IT. You tend to EXP on such mobs at that level, so I think Scorpion Harness would be best. If he were EXPing on VT to Low IT mobs, I'd say Jaridah(or Akinji) Peti would indeed produce the best results. I agree with Assault Jerkin being best though.



Swift Belt beats both of those.



I think it's better to say the key to ACC is to maintain a 85-90% hit rate while TPing. If you have the proper gear, this usually leads to the best damage output since you're still landing most of your hits while keeping your hits consistently strong.

I swear there are more Sephiroth clones in FFXI than in FFVII...

You build for haste, you don't just slap it on.


10% is the general "base" amount of haste for any setup, less than that and you're better off using something else.

dragoon is one of those jobs that takes alot of work at. If you want to be geared the best find yourself an endgame LS. The best gear for drg is R/EX. I was lucky enough to find an ls that was fair and considerate. If you truly want to be an awesome dragoon then most of you gear will not come from the AH or asualt(somewhat), there are only three slots in my equip that consist of AH bought items. The rest all consist of sea items. In that sense, you could possibly consider yourself one the the top geared drg's in your server. But then again not the best, given the fact skill is a major factor in playing the job.

apparently you don't know the drg job.

Any drg can hit a macro and jump, ws etc. but it takes a real drg to put out awesome numbers, just ask shadida or jedite. They both migrated from my server sylph and the LS i am in. You need to know how to gear yourself, what you ws mods are and what you can do with you pdif. And especially how to utilize your drg.


Edited, Dec 17th 2007 11:21pm by Gokuuu

good god, can you spell elitest?

Lokillo, i heard you quit?
whats up man?