【FFXIV】4.X Dragoon ~ Opener Comparison (OUTDATED)
60What's up guys! Was testing things between the Early GSK and Late GSK openers for science and decided to upload it. So I decide to retract my statement in my guide video where I say you should always do the Late GSK opener unless you need to go into LoTD early. Even though that was an 'advanced' guide people who are not comfortable at the class may still be viewing it and not realize that using the Late GSK is super tight on timings and is easy to lose potency if you don't know what you are doing or aren't coordinating with your team.
Due to ping, start time, latency etc to make this as accurate as possible some of the GCDs will appear in the trick window even though they aren't in the actual video just so one side isn't skewed or more favorable.
tl'dr: If you aren't comfortable on Dragoon or you don't have a raid buff heavy comp the Early GSK opener is minimally better.
This was tested with ONLY a NIN. With the coordination of extra raid buffs the late GSK opener is slightly better if you can actually coordinate your GSK with them and gain more potency due to multipliers than you would gaining an extra usage of the skill (220 potency). This is due to the fact buffs are multiplicative in this game and the more buffs there are the higher the multiplier will be.
tl;dr Always do Early GSK opener unless you're confident in your ability to maximize GSK usage.
What opener is better and when? Assuming no raid buffs/downtime
3:00 - Early GSK
3:30 - Late GSK
4:00 - Early GSK
4:30 - Late GSK
5:00 - Early GSK
5:30 - Late GSK
6:00 - Early GSK
Past 6 minutes assuming there is no downtime Blood for Blood will naturally align itself with Geirskogul + 2 Nastronds making the Early GSK opener superior past that point.
Openers:
Delayed MD + Late GSK - http://ffxivrotations.com/xy1
Early GSK - http://ffxivrotations.com/xts
Songs:
#1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OdTWnOdK4A
#2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_qvKcQPR8
#3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQQ2k8aqAQ8
#4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgAobIZZlc
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