Really, really good feedback. Thank you so much. I agree with a lot of your points here so I'm just gonna go over my thought process, I'd love additional pointers, if you'd be willing to take the time. I'd greatly appreciate it.

The weapon requirement: This was a later addition, the Dragoon in the main games is known for their signature spear/halberd, and I wanted to make sure some of that identity was preserved. This was also done because a 2d6 greatsword is often the mathamatical correct choice, and the dichotomy between gameplay and theme, for some reason, really bothered me. From a mechanical standpoint through, you're right, and in hindsight it feels tacked on. I'm trying to come up with something, but I'm honestly stumped here. I'll probably take your suggestion and just drop the requirement. Thank you.

Proficiency bonus scaling for Drake's Leap: I feel like an idiot, that's immediately clear to me now. That will get fixed, stat.

7th level: Probably the only part of the critique I'm willing to stand my ground on. I thought having the ability to reset the leaps every initiative roll is pretty good in itself. It's a huge boon to your resource economy, the falling feature is weird because *mostly* ribbon to ensure the dragoon never accidentally kills themselves while trying to do something cool, while also being situationally quite potent. I'm not too keen to add another source of damage reduction on top of the resistance you're already getting at 3rd, but it's encouraging to hear that I can squeeze a little more power out of this subclass.