Gae Bulg lv10 high damage it good !!! Study use it !!!
Gae Bulg>Dethrone>Dragontooth>Serpentine>Dragon Soar
yesterday i used my last reset voucher and remade my catagoon, bad idea, dragoon skills with slow animation, low damage and high sp cost plus the combo gae bulg+serpentine is ridiculous, fixed distance in trow plus have to reach your spear is a time lose mechanic, in this time an doppel or fencer put much more damage
i wish they made at least gaebulg with OH and a mechanic like spear trow
dragontooth with a fast charge atribute and mobile(lihe doom spear)
faster animation or ASPD based in serpentine
more CC for dragon soar
remove knockback atribute for dethrone
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Meh, Gae bulg is underwhelming tbh. Yes the damage is good, but did you consider its long animation time, animation lock afterwards, the fixed distance, and that you have to pick up the spear again? In a typical boss fight, the fact that you have to run back just to connect the skill is cumbersome as hell. By the way the DPS boost is not double like people say, but more like 15%.
Overall, I didn’t include gae bulg in my build because while the skill multiplier improved significantly, the core mechanics of the skill remains cumbersome.
With the running back and throw the spear you have at least no time to use the realy weak cataskills xD
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Even if cata skills did no damage it still has trot to carry it. Dragoon has almost nothing to carry it. It only had damage. And now, it doesn’t even have damage.
Well, and dethrone’s PvP capability I guess…
Dragoons rely on proper skill rotation. Wasting Serpentine so far into rotation significantly lowers damage potential. Gae Bulg’s hit box means it’s troublesome in the low amount of time Dragoon’s have before debuffs run out. Its hitbox further makes it problematic in farming, as collecting the spear just lowers the quick killing of enemies, not to mention proper aiming. It gets even more complicated with its comparatively high CD.
Question did anyone test a sword3 highlander3 goon2?? wondering if they go well? 
SW3-HOP3-DRA2 full str
High damage >Low damage
before
-Dethrone lv5
-Dragontooth lv10
-Serpentine lv10
-Dragon Soar lv5
after
-Gae Bulg lv10
-Dethrone lv5
-Dragontooth lv10
-Dragon Soar lv5
I’m exactly the same build, I’ve found it a lot better in PVE content. No down time on skill rotation, and it’s as clean as a Dragoon can be, skill wise it’s also exactly the same as I had before.
I am the same except lv5 dragon tooth and lv10 soar. Arguably cleaner since lv10 tooth will take longer to full charge. But i think lv10 tooth makes sense when u have spear lunge and i dont.
Gae bulg isnt as good as i was led to believe.
Dragon Soar and Dragontooth are pretty interchangable based on play style, as a HopGoon Spear Lunge gives Dragontooth a significant edge like you said.
Gae Bulg is entirely disappointing. Hard to use, low damage, mediocre debuff, bad CD, there’s very little advantage to using it. All it does is disrupt the other skills.
Zornhau with attribute has 4 times the attack of Gae Bolg so of course it deals 4 times the damage…
Don’t feel bad guys. Of course Lancer is supposed to be stronger than Dragoon.
Just look at the other Classes R7 vs R8. PD/Kabbalist are weaker than Inquisitor and Taoist. Cannoneer and Musketeer are weaker than Mergen and Hackapella.
Only case where it’s the other way around is the Wizard tree where Sage and Enchanter are supporters while Featherfoot and Warlock are damagedealers and thus stronger than their R8 counterparts.
I wish gae bulg can be aimed like spear throw or have attribute to change it to melee range.
Additionally, make thrown spear easier to see. Sometimes I cant find where to pick.
I understand that dragoon is debuff and set up reliant so I dont expect damage at doppel level.
Classes at the same rank with similar function should be comparable.
Corsair C3 for exemple is highly stronger than Dragoon C1, both are R7, but after all the balance changing we will have, they should be comparable (and maybe, a C3 class from the previous rank will often be better than a single rank in upper class, because you invest more to unlock “ultimate” skills).
well, that’s only because Corsair got buffed/overworked already. Just look at other crappy Classes like e.g. Oracle or Pardoner C3. Classes that got rebalanced but not overworked have no chance to be as strong as the Rank 7/8 Classes.
Monk C3 R7 is better than Dragoon C1, by far, even with the (overbugged laser % multiplier … don’t work atm…) ^^
No you will see, after balance, it should be balanced between C2/3 and high rank classes, it will just take a lot of time.
Okay, dragoon is not what it used to be, but its still pretty good.
This is my current build: SW3>HL3>DG2
And heres a test video:
It was one of the 1st video recorded after reseting so here i still ■■■■ up the combos a little bit. Nowadays i got more equip and cards, so i hit harder and not missing the combo like in this video (cant record a new one atm cause the dpk issues).
Is the best dps class? Nope
Is a bad class? Nope
It is fun? Hell yeah!
Still can make a shitload of damage in secs, im able to solo bosses and do ET 1-40 with no problem.
The cons are that your AoE is pretty small, so its a bit tricky to gather all the mob to wipe them all with one combo. Single target stuf flike bosses is cake. Also you need a good equipment (As most class after the major update tho). This is mostly oriented to PvE. PvP is still decent but not top tier, if you manage to land an attack you pretty much wipe (except cryos, you cant pass that fucking ice shield e.e)
Dragoon’s are viable, the problem is they’re comparably weaker. One of the advantages of the new combat system is that imbalances are overshadowed by equipment.
I’m well aware of Dragoon’s potential, but there are still imbalances.
Side note, in my video at 0:34 there’s a perfect example of the problems with the class in regards to hitbox. I’m literally inside the boss not hitting him, and while I should have angled myself better, there’s not much of an excuse for not hitting him.
A class can be viable but still unbalanced, and that’s the point of the suggestion. The class should still have potential even without amazing gear, and that’s where Dragoon’s are hit the hardest, and that’s what will cause people to abandon the class.
Agreed dragoon is terrible like this to shine
I guess if enough ppl abandon the class 2h spear price will keep tanking.