Am I the only one somewhat pleased by Dancer?

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Originally Posted by Valdima

I mean, i've seen pictures. it looks okay, but it seems like one of those classes that only looks right on female charactors.

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FFXI made it work just fine and XIV can as well. Dancing outfits can be tweaked to suit either gender and still get across the same feel and flavor.

I find it strange that people can't believe that players might be both pleased dancer is a ranged dps AND annoyed that healer was over looked for new toys yet again, with the same excuse that was given in SB.

Making DNC the dps was the right choice.

Because as dps I can choose from ranged or melee, magical or physical, or a combination of both, for a total of only 10 different choices I can do. And frankly, if I want play Physical Ranged DPS, I only had two options, so a third one makes things right.

I'm super ultra mega excited about dancer! Like most people I was fully convinced it would be a healer, which I didn't mind because I do heal, but when I saw the reveal video and the way she was throwing those chakrams, it clicked almost instantly that it would be a ranged dps before it even finished. As a bard main this is extremely exciting -- I'm interested in seeing how dancer stands up to bard and all the ways they are different and the same and if I prefer one over the other.

I tried my hardest to like machinist but it's like... that and I only really enjoy playing it in pvp so it'll be nice to have that second option not being machinist anymore, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by Kazrah

So it's not a healer. I still like playing what healing jobs we have. As for ranged DPS, Dancer does seem like a breath of fresh air compared to the current options, which still feel too similar to me outside of one having better buffs and another requiring a PhD in mathematics to play.

As for healers wanting Dancer to be a healer, I think I know what the next healer will be.

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This is a real hot take considering we've seen somewhere between 3 to 5 moves utterly divorced from a real fight. I am relatively pleased dnc is a ranged dps though. I would have preferred if it was a melee healer, but I definitely am happier to get a ranged dps over a more standard healer.

pfft Salt Mage has been around since 3.X when AST got the Balance buff

Anyways, I'm glad we got Dancer, and it doesn't bother me that it is DPS. I'm actually wondering if it will play kind of like a ranged Ninja, and we'll have to do some DDR to get off dances (like NIN has their Mudra) to buff the party.

I am disapointed that I'm going to have to go at least 6 years without a new healing class to play, but that's not related to Dancer existing and being DPS.

Dancer looks great. And while I would have preferred a new healer, a new physical ranged was next on the list IMO. So I'm a bit torn. Hopefully 6.0 brings a new healer.

I’m part of the camp that’s more disappointed about the lacknof a new healer than dancer being DPS. See if Dancer can take Bard’s spot on my roster or not... it’ll probably beat Machinist with no issues tho, hate playing it.

Really hoping we get an FFXIV unique healer now tho.