Should Dancer branch off Rogue/Thief or Pugilist?

[SessionZero]

As was implied by the cutscenes I mentioned, I predict that part of the challenge of liberating Ala Mihgo will be in convincing the youth of the nation that it even NEEDS to be liberated - something that wouldn't be the case if said youth were treated as slaves.

What you say is entirely possible. What I say is also entirely possible. Or it could be a combination of both. The Garleans could be raising the latest generation of Ala Mhigan youth to be pro-Garlemald while systematically oppressing those who were alive before the occupation to show the youths how those who defy the Empire live, while showering those who pledge loyalty with luxuries and benefits. It's not exactly something that's unheard of even in our own history.

Everything is speculation until we see it for certain.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Even if branching Jobs were a thing, having Dancer branch of Rogue would be terrible. It would have the same DPS combo (Aeolian Edge), the same debuff combo (Dancing Edge), and the same DoT combo (Shadow Fang), so its core playstyle wouldn't even be different. On top of that, you'd get nearly all the benefits of the base class (Goad, Trick) without having to bring another NIN, so comps would most likely have NIN-DNC reserved by default (even more so if DNC were to come with its own party support buffs).

I do believe that a dancer wouldn't be able to use trick attack on bosses, since you can't normally use it while aggroed because you can't hide.

And a dancer wouldn't get ninjitsu for suiton from branching off rogue.

[Allistar]

Would it not make more sense for Dancer to share abilities with Ninja instead of Monk? That is assuming Dancer is even sharing a class with another job. Dancers can use a similar weapon to Ninja since Dancer typically uses knives/daggers as a weapon.

I vote none...it should be a stand alone job using main-gauches, and start at lvl 1. Give nin access to katanas only, the same way they removed daggers from PLD weapon access and left them with swords only.

[FeliAiko]

I do believe that a dancer wouldn't be able to use trick attack on bosses, since you can't normally use it while aggroed because you can't hide.

And a dancer wouldn't get ninjitsu for suiton from branching off rogue.

Oh yeah, good point about Trick. Hadn't considered that.