Am I the only one somewhat pleased by Dancer?

I'm a little bit sad that it's not a healer, but at the same time I don't mind that it's a Ranged DPS (Ranged DPS are my favorite kind of DPS class in this game so yay). I'll just wait and see ;D

The outfit though! Oh My Gosh, I LOVED it. I really hope that's the lvl 80 quest outfit for Dancer :3

And who knows, they might surprise us and release a healer in the middle of the xpac. Perhaps they already have ideas for one, and just don't want to say anything yet because it's still being worked on. And maybe this is wishful thinking. But my point is, don't let the lack of a new healer class at this moment get you down :)

I was really hoping for DNC to be healer since I think it'd be one of the few jobs that would be fitting to have unique mechanics (physical healer).
But the disappointment is not just because it's a DPS but because there's nothing for healers except what literally every other job will have (skill revamps, new skills--the other jobs get these too).

Even though I primarily heal now, I started this game as a Bard so I'm actually looking forward to this!

I'm excited for dancer, its the only thing keeping my spirits up for this expac right now after the genderlock news.

I do think that having yet another DPS is going to be bad for que times so my guess is that the Trust system is going to be their answer to that. As a player who enjoys soloing more than partying, I am okay with that but I can't see it being healthy for a game that promotes and thrives on group play.

Dancer should of been a healer. SE should add a healer of some kind.

I'm so happy about it. Being a BRD/DNC is my dream since I started FFXIV and it won' t even be that hard of a change between them because it will a ranged DpS too.

My hype for Shadowbringer is now at its peak and nothing will stop it until they announced the next relic will be in Eureka 5.0.

I will say the DNC reveal personally left me wanting to play it more then the gun breaker reveal, and I am mostly a tank player. Looking forward to learning more about the job.

I will say I was shocked it was not a healer, but another physical ranged support job was needed since they have been without a new job for just as long. So it makes sense.

It looks great, and honestly RDPS suits the job better than healer, especially considering 1) I can think of more options for potential healers than I can rdps, and 2) it's very similar to bard in other iterations (party buffs). It's just overshadowed by the absence of a healer altogether, Dancer or otherwise. Which I totally get the disappointment for. That said it does look extremely cool with unique animations, and they apparently get a variety of throwing weapons to glam / equip which is fantastic. I'm sure we'll get the much-speculated bladed fans.

I am excited for Dancer also as another Physical Ranged DPS was much needed. Additionally it seems a very interesting concept when tied to the Throwing Weapons as opposed to a fixed single weapon.

I think Dancer as a DPS makes more sense, a part as a support (Bard plays music for morale, Dancer dances), and throwing things from the distance as an attack looks more logical than as a healing method.

They might had make Dancer a healer and also look OK, I don't know.

I expected maybe Necromancer, but Summoner and Black Mage already are on that path.

I don't think it is necessary to have more and more jobs and races, but maybe it is another way to make the game evolve and not get stagnated.
Another job more to level up and learn how to play at least in a basic way. More entertainment.

Healing and having instant effect has that magic component that is covered by the healers we already have. I would imagine a Medic. Somebody is attacked by a Disembowel, the Medic comes with "Sew and stitch", partly cured, then some "Recovery pill" with a Regen effect. A "Recovery gas bomb" with a Heal over Time AoE, "Paralizing injection" attack, "Sleep gas" AoE, "Sleeping pill" attack, "Poison dart" ranged attack, "Poison gas" AoE, "Maddening dart", a lot of possibilities.

I'm cool with Dancer. It's not a problem that it's not a healer, just sucks that there's no healer for the expansion at all.

Dancer as rDPS makes sense for the job as we know it. Lends to it being a very support-oriented DPS, and having various kinds of throwing weapons leaves room for different kinds of weapons the job is known for. Chakrams, knives, maybe even fans.