There Is No Dancer (yet)

[ThirdKeyOfSun]

I am unsure what she is, and really dancer would be nice but D: isn't her hopping up and down no different than the MNK battle pose (or victory pose I cannot remember?). If I recall they put their feet together and hop as well when doing it?

[silentwindfr]

I am unsure what she is, and really dancer would be nice but D: isn't her hopping up and down no different than the MNK battle pose (or victory pose I cannot remember?). If I recall they put their feet together and hop as well when doing it?

actually that the trouble, they both use different pose and moveset, that why we do have this debat. the monk is more a karaté fighter while she is more a kung fu fighter. like i have used as comparaison he is like earth and fire, while she is more wind and water.
he is straightforward and powerfull, each hit is filled with power and we can feel it. but she is more elusive and fluid, a lot of attack and not always filled with power.

without forget that her clothing scream dancing attire, cloth like she use can be a trouble for the monk movement, more an hindrance than a help. when her movement use it. she jump around and kick a lot. and when she do the charge is almost like a taunt to the monk, showing she can do it.

maybe i read too much into the fight, but i feel she fight too differently for be like the monk we do have! and that the point, she is not a monk like we have. she is a fighter that a given, but not a monk of the fist of raghr! don't forget only 2 school exist, and they both use the same fighting style. powerfull and hard hitting, they are destroyer.... what is not the feeling she giving off... she don't look like a destroyer that every punch can deal ton of damage!

then maybe she is not a dancer, but she is clearly not a monk of the fist of raghr! and that the debate!

[ZhaneX]

Personally, I think Dancer would be really nice. One of the things that I love best about FFXIV's combat is the character animations, and a Dancer would be sure to have some great ones.

As far as the girl in the teaser goes...I want her outfit, so goddamn bad. XD
But anywho, on the one hand the way the girl moved and fought was decidedly different from how the Monk typically does, which is more in line with the style of the WoL. Of course, these differences could be purely for cinematic purposes.

Another thing is that, much like how Heavensward's trailer revealed the Dragonlancer's Set, I presume that what the WoL is shown wearing in this teaser will be the newest Artifact Set. So if the girl were a Dancer, that would make her outfit the same, the Dancer's first Artifact Set, which I'd like because again, I want it. But once again, on the other hand, it could just be an unique outfit exclusive to her if she turns out to be a story-relevant NPC, in which case...hello~ cashshop...

[silentwindfr]

that the fun part about this, speculation by analyzing every bit of info we can take of this teaser.
but one thing bother me a bit....why show us this fight? yes the monk will be the job of the derplander... but it was a given with ala miggho as target. this character seems important, since yoshida did say we will learn more about it in the 3.5.

it can be yda or maybe her sister or another character coming out of nowhere!
who know.... but why show us this part? why not show us the part of the trailer that was pointing to ala miggho.... every bit of information given was not given without be thought over.

is like the picture of Zeno when you see the weapon and the scabbard what you see? for me is katana without one doubt!

they did know that we will think about it, that we will analyze this stuff. then maybe they are hint to some stuff... or maybe not. but actually it's all we can do until december!

[Ayuhra]

I thought she was a monk because she was matching Derplander's moveset and he is a monk for sure.

[silentwindfr]

like said it was a fight between 2 fighter.... two monk? like i did pointed a loooot of time, clearly not. some movement are bound to look the same when you kick and punch after all the panel of attack can't be that massive. however, she kick a lot more, she is more acrobatic, she is more smooth and fluid in the fighting style and finally it's more kung fu, what the monk in FF14 don't do!

be carefull to not see any fighting style in melee as monk stuff since it's bound to not be the case.

[Kikoten]

I wonder if we're gonna see an uptick of the MNK population, since that teaser went up. I know I'm tempted to rally back to my MNK Soul. Then again, I was thinking about leveling that one next anyway. I love MNK because I can relate a little bit; as a martial arts practitioner, I feel especially connected with MNKs. I just wish I could do even a smidgeon of the crazy shit they do, ha.

[Cojika]

I wonder if we're gonna see an uptick of the MNK population, since that teaser went up. I know I'm tempted to rally back to my MNK Soul. Then again, I was thinking about leveling that one next anyway. I love MNK because I can relate a little bit; as a martial arts practitioner, I feel especially connected with MNKs. I just wish I could do even a smidgeon of the crazy shit they do, ha.

People will most likely bandwagon Samurai, continue to do so with Dragoon, or a mix of the two.

[DamianFatale]

I honestly think that at this point it doesn't matter what logic is. People want dancer, and they'll grab at straws to get it..

[Kikoten]

Does anyone remember the /balldance quest in Ul'dah? That guy who teaches it to you? He should be the master of the Dancers' Guild. =X