Sure you can use dragoon skills while mounted but that doesn’t justify a synergy.
The thing is: when Cata -> Lancer is made stronger, that by contrast makes Cata -> Goon weaker. If they don’t change anything with Cata -> Goon but keep on buffing Cata -> Lancer nobody will want the Dragoon 2 mounted build. I already think the +30% dmg on Rush by Initiate is plenty of reason to ditch Dragoon 2 for Lancer.
PvE wise cataphract is garbage tier lol and for a real example of synergy look at something like hoplite>shinobi >murmillo build or the peltasta>rodelero> shinobi>murmillo builds lol even the barbarian>highlander>doppel etc.For these you get actual damage increases for the classes. There’s nothing that helps cataphract’s (a supposed dps class) damage percent wise and nothing cataphract does increases the damage of anything.
The only thing cataphract has going for it right now is block penetration and movement speed, both of which are pretty useless PvE wise when you have gear. For block penetration all you have to do is wear gloves with gems or get dex, the movement speed is pretty useless since you’re stationary when doing skill damage unless using Rush.
The devs have realized that Cataphract is garbage, right now they’re trying to increase the damage output of the class. I think on korean server they reduced the CD on doom spike, increased the dash range on steed charge, removed the charge up time on earth wave and doom spike. Or something like that. We’ll have to wait and see what else they’ll add to cataphract to make it good.
I guess my thought is that i never viewed cataphract as a class that needs its skills to be buffed by skills in later teirs. I think that in future teirs ( r9,10,11…) lower job teir attack skills will have diminishing returns when compared to higher tier skills, but if you have cataphract c3 you know youll always be a step ahead of the rest with trot ( i make millions now hunting 315 mats on my SW3CAT3DRG2, at a fast pace as well and this has everything to do with trot) That idea alone makes cataphract the most desirable class for me to have in my build.
Yeah SW3CAT3X1LAN1 does have a higher boss dmg than my DRG2 build, but dragoons skills are a bit better when hunting mobs due to their wider aoe range.
Well pve wise, if your doing some high level dungeon, being a step ahead of the rest of your party won’t matter for the most part. For farming 315 mats SR is better than cataphract by quite a bit lol. I can make millions from farming 315 mats on my doppel too, and using double pay earn can help lots, in addition to that it’s a huge help in Earth Tower parties.
Ive never played a SR, but i also havent seen any other class kill more mobs per min than me on 315 maps. Even if thats true, it wouldnt make higher movement speed less meaningful at higher levels/teirs.
Oh? what server do you play on?
My characters are on orsha