As a 58 thief, I can say dragoon is one of my absolute favorite DD partners, them and rangers. Since I'm a mainly a burst damage job, I love having their DoT around, and this means /war sub.
Dragoon fits into SCs extermely well with thief, and grouping with thief means /war sub, unless you have a ninja tank and there is a 3rd DD with /war. Dragoon+thief was just meant to be since their creation, thf+drg and thf+rng make awsome SC partners from 3 to 75.
Also that acc up trait makes a real noticable impact. I partied with a drk with snipers and the royal neck collar(4acc), he left and got replaced by a dragoon with dex+3 rings and spike necklance(both had lifebelt too of course). The dragoon absolutely owned the darkknight in tp gain, dark was hume, drg was elvaan, and both were 57. And with the exception of soul eater, they hit around the same damage numbers. Of course if the dragoon had that same acc+ he would've just completely destroyed everything, but 4-5k per hour, who's complaining? All in all, I absolutely love grouping with drgoons, having to SATA midbattle off the drg midbattle isn't a worry either if it must be done.
About drg/thf and a better WS, there are faults in the long run to this.
1. Grouping with thf(A job drg fits with very well) becomes far more of an annoyance for both members and the tank.
2. Less DoT with drg/thf, 100-200 more points on a WS isn't going to overcome 3 minute berserk, double attack, after 60/30 attack up, and at 70/35 warcry. Although /thief works rather well on some DD, drg really isn't one of them when compared to /war, their WSs aren't their main strength, it's DoT between them and their wyvren, and nothing enhances DoT more than /war.
3. Lastly those emergency extras such as provoking an add/link(hopefully asleep) or if the main tank died from some freak accident. Along with that goes defender, not really importent, but it's still there for a rough time.
Lastly drg/sam, I honestly would not invite one if all i cared about was getting as much xp per hour as possible. And after 50, this is what I care about with such high tnls, and it's going to get much worse too. Hard time setting up for SATA, less DoT, overall little impact. I can think of one time drg/sam would be useful possiblely. In a ninja tank party with 3 melee damage dealers, you could serve as a link to set up a SC for both guys if it can be done. But when you're in a normal setup as one of 2 melee DD, you want more DoT to be the most valuable you can be to a party.
And you may even gain tp faster with /war sub than sam sub pre 60, because of double attack...Well it would be close anyway. But you're just SC openers most of the time, what good is a few more tp going to be when berserk would enhance it far more?
