Why do I still see people levelling up DRG?

[Orfeo]

My DRG outdamages BLM in exp party...how? Kraken lance ;x

[Alleya]

I love you Orfeo.

A well equipped drg is a sick damage dealer until the 60s, when their damage just suddenly drops off and they are overtaken utterly by samurais and dark knights for spike damage. They are still decent damage in endgame exp but their spike damage still can't compare to samurai/dark knight, and their wyvern just doesn't pick up the same kind of DoT you get with monks and war/nins.

I imagine people still level it for the same reason they level any melee job, to have fun smashing shit in the face. :P

[Sadler]

My DRG outdamages BLM in exp party...how? Kraken lance ;x

is that before or after you change to war? lol

[ikariffxi]

My NIN DRG DRG RDM BLM SMN set pulls in an average of 5.4k per hour, which, while not amazing, is nothing to scoff at. We're 65-66 now and still going strong with the amazing renkei of Vorpal Thrust > Skewer (lol). Myself and the other DRG have pretty good equips and keep our wyverns alive though, I guess that helps a lot

[Andarvi]

there are more problems with drg than just WS dmg. they have no really good JAs, their equipment selection, although getting better with barone set and the new abjs when they are first aquired (whenever that may be) still sucks. their weapon as a piercing dmg weapon is pretty shitty.

i lvled drg to 73, in exp PTs even up until 70 on darters in the aery they arent miserably bad. however, like mitzki said, one the hnm scene arrives they dont get into alliance unless all you kill is roc and simurgh.

all they would have to do to make drg good would be make wheeling thrust stronger (not a shitty 200dmg roughly increase like last time) and give them JA wyvern abilities like "Wyvern Flare" where it deals no elemental dmg so they could actually harm HNMs.

[Orfeo]

My DRG outdamages BLM in exp party...how? Kraken lance ;x

is that before or after you change to war? lol

Before?

[Ankiseth]

I think DRGs do well, and on Gods people underestimate how much damage the Wyvern really does. A DRG75's wyvern will do some pretty sick DoT on the gods in addition to what he can do himself. And Wyverns don't die on gods unless your Stun team sucks, so it's not so bad.

I actually have 3 DRGs taking up 60% of the melee spots in my LS (though one is leveling WAR cause it's cooler), they have a spot like the rest of the DDs even if WS dmg isn't the best. A well-equipped DRG can still do well imo.

[edgarfigaro]

George beat Ultima (george being our resident drg's better half)

[Taku]

Meh, drg aren't useless at Gods...

Just have them sub whm and paralyna/silena the tanks. 8)

[Kuai]

People who lvl drg are fucked up in the head

[Member #63]

People who lvl drg are fucked up in the head

So you conceed to being mental? lol

[Russta]

Meh, drg aren't useless at Gods...

Just have them sub whm and paralyna/silena the tanks. 8)

ftw

[Member #63]

Dude, when I went to Dynamis with Damepo, Ntwo subbed WHM on DRG, even tho she has PLD75, Healing Breath is indeed ftw!

[Kuai]

People who lvl drg are fucked up in the head

So you conceed to being mental? lol

there no proof i leveled dragoon

[Kazen]

Drg's are actually nice, I seen one in our ls using SaTa Full Swing for 2k+ on hnm, decent damage i dont see any reason to say they suck.

[Daahan]

DRG awesome until 60, after 60 only become decent and don't really compare to the other melee. Problem is 98% of DRGs have the shittiest gear ever, even after 60. Shit like NQ lvl 36 DEX rings and Tiger Jerkins...

If anyone lvls DRG, at 50 they should start using /THF. Any DRG who uses /WAR after that is pretty stupid. With good gear you can at least get decent damage with a WS.

Did 1.3k DMG WS on a deco weapon the other day with a BRD. Rest of WS were consistenly hitting for about 1k. Yea Deco weapons are only VT and there was a BRD and the other melee jobs can do much better, but it just goes to show that with decent gear they can do decently in XP parties.

DRG have no place in endgame. The only thrill I get out of DRG endgame is nailing a 900 dmg WS on a God which although decent, is petty compared to what others can do. Everything else they can do in endgame is mundane.

I HATE going to any LS events on DRG lol. So fucking boring. That's why I'm lvling BRD now, I find it very fun and it has its uses in endgame.

Razz, like other people said, people still level it because although it may be lesser compared to other jobs, a small amount people still have fun with it. Just like the people who claim WHM is the most boring fucking job but the people who play it disagree.

For those who don't want to read all that. DRG only decent in XP parties after 60, and have no place in endgame except for petty and mundane tasks.

[Member #63]

They need to make Haubergon or something similar pre-60 equipable by DRG.

[Andarvi]

^well said. although drg sucks its fun to level for some reason. maybe because i was a taru and looked good doing it. maybe it was gogodavi. i do not know.

[Kisamoo]

Dragoons own.

Kerrigan of Asura I believe:
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/620/kerrigan6tp.jpg

[Taku]

/THF is better than /WAR in exp?

Granted I'm not a DRG, but I can't imagine having extra damage on a WS would be worth losing double attack, warcry, and berserk for...

Also which WS were you using? A drg in my LS usually just penta-spams on Deco's for up to 1k-ish each...