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Grifter: Death from above!
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<<<<<Tactics for the Battle Oriented Dragoon in YOU!>>>>>

Dragoons at high levels have the potential to be in the top 5 damage dealing classes in the game, and with the right talent can rank right up there with Dark Knight. I'd like to first point out one outstanding fact… Dragoons do NOT do heavy damage with every strike! They are NOT meant to! Dragoons hit fast, and along with your wyvern and the right subjob, you can dish out PLENTY of damage.

I want to also emphesize the fact that ALL classes have their weaknesses, and their strengths, and in the end if you play your toon right, you will be just as valuable to a group as the next guy in line. Play whats fun to you and you will have fun and do well. Striving to play the game searching endlessly for the BEST class, you will drive yourself crazy and end up with a lot of low level characters and not one high level, and thus miss out on most of the greater things in FFXI. Find a job and subjob that suit you well and stick with it, through its strengths, and its weaknesses. With that said, lets get started.

RACE and SUBJOB.

"What race and sub should I pick, oh mighty dragoon?" You ask? Thats simple oh noobish one. Races symbolize to me what kind of a challenge you want in the game. The main attributes are HP, DEX, STR, AGI, and VIT. Earlier on in the game your are going to want to concentrate your equipment to make up for DEX, HP AND STR, but later on AGI and VIT will play a big role in your survival.

With that said, I leave the race choice to you. All races are self explanitory and like I said, in the end you are going to be just as valuable as the next guy. Wether you want to die more often (taru), hit faster (mithra), hit harder (elvaan), live longer (Galka), or be a jack of all stats (Hume), the choice is yours.

Personally I picked hume, but that decision was based on the fact that I will eventually want to accomplish, and do exceptional at all jobs, with the same character. The cold hard truth however, is that I will only be the "Jack of all trades master of none". I can guarantee however that being hume isnt going to keep you from getting in great groups at ANY level. As for subjob, Warrior till your dragoon is 60, sub samurai after that.

Make sure your sam is 30 for "Meditate". Warrior is vital at lower levels for provoke, defense, and HP. 60DRG/30SAM is a power house later on for weapon skills and fast damage!!! Super jump, high jump, jump, meditate, store tp, Your TP will hardly ever fall below 100% and with penta thrust you will be a huge damage dealer. You will constantly be doing damage and being able to dodge an attack every 60 seconds with third eye doesnt hurt either, not to mention your wyvern following your every weapon skill with an elemental breath!

JOB ABILITIES:

Active Job Abilities

Name Level Charge Time Duration Effect
Call Wyvern 2hr Till Wyvern dies Wyvern is called to fight by your side
Ancient Circle 5 5:00 2:30 Dragon resistance up
Jump 10 1:30 Jump attack
Heavy Jump 35 3:00 Better Jump attack
Super Jump 50 5:00 Better Jump attack, plus land away from enemy

Passive Job Abilities

Name Level Effect
Attack Up 10 Physical attack up
Dragon Slayer 25 Do more damage to dragons
Accuracy up 30 Hit ratio up

***SIDE NOTE***
- A common misconception is that many people think there are only 3 dragons in this game. There are MANY dragons in this game, two that come to mind are "Fafnir", a huge really cool looking named dragon that takes a lot of high level people to kill, and "Ash Dragon" This mob drops the infamous great katana "Murasame" The same Murasame from the old FF games. There are also plenty of non-NM dragons in some of the later, high-level zones.

- Your Wyvern should not be underestimated!!! Wyvern is one of the most valuable comodities of the dragoon not to mention the main advantage the class has! Ok so the damn thing is weak to Goblins Bomb Toss, AoE's are like the only problem ive ever had with them. All the other times it has saved me and helped me do great damage. Also, people say, "Oh, the wyverns are weak, they dont do any damage." they arent MEANT to hit for a lot! They hit fast and count as a part of you, add your damage and the wyverns damage and youll see it works out better than most people think! PLUS, dont forget their specials!![

this is more of a quick over view of what a dragoon is capable of and some of things it can do, if you have any specific questions, just post them and I can help you out.