I WANNA DANCE!

[Seraphor]

Confirm the leak?

Well, it was leaked by a person called BluFever. You can read about his/her leaks here https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...lufever_leaks/

But in short the leaks were highly accurate - a mistake on the timing of Blue Mage being about the only thing wrong but it makes sense a localization person might not know the exact schedule for content. So I feel we can say with high confidence, "dancer is coming".

Worth noting that Hrothgar was just corroborated by a different leak - this time from the FFXIV client itself.

They actually confirmed after BLU was released, that they first planned to release it in 4.4, rather than 4.5
Which would mean it's reveal likely would have been around E3.

[Exiled_Tonberry]

I'm so put off by the potential balance issues I can't even get excited.

[LeonTrifang]

Just waiting for this forum to explode once it's confirmed. Not too far off now!

One of my forums exploding? Lol nah, but the thought is nice.

[Risvertasashi]

I'm so put off by the potential balance issues I can't even get excited.

I can relate.

I just hope SE learned enough from AST that they don't copy paste WHM spells again. For the love of the twelve, please, please give dancer unique healing tools.

[LeonTrifang]

I can relate.

I just hope SE learned enough from AST that they don't copy paste WHM spells again. For the love of the twelve, please, please give dancer unique healing tools.

It’ll be pretty hard to not give such a unique class, unique healing tools. I mean unless they literally copy and paste AST but instead of SECT we get dance forms or something.

[Wayfinder3]

It’s going to be bad if it’s a Melee Healer, they better give some throwing daggers and make it a Healer/Ranged Physical inspired job. Healers have always been the first line of defense to do mechanics and there are some mechanics that flat or require healers to break away from the boss more so than any other role. If these guys gotta be in melee range to do damage. They might as well just dance out of the party

[Foxkid]

It’s going to be bad if it’s a Melee Healer, they better give some throwing daggers and make it a Healer/Ranged Physical inspired job. Healers have always been the first line of defense to do mechanics and there are some mechanics that flat or require healers to break away from the boss more so than any other role. If these guys gotta be in melee range to do damage. They might as well just dance out of the party

You don't necessarily do a ton of damage as a healer though anyway, so your dps doesn't hold a ton of weight in the first place. Personally speaking, I don't see how that's much of a problem since most times you're losing dps by healing someone (multiple times) or raising your newly adopted child (multiple times x infinity), so breaking away like a monk needing to do so to perform a mechanic isn't as big a hindrance to the party output as it would be for said monk to do so (or ninja or whoever).

On the other side, if dancer plays out essentially a melee bard that heals, I don't see them being used for "super damage output", more there for buffing like how people see scholars. (That was literally what I read last night in a byakko group who basically said "a sch, crits for days breh!")

[Celef]

Just waiting for this forum to explode once it's confirmed. Not too far off now!

Although I really wish for a new healer, a saddistic part of me hopes dancer will be a DPS

[Risvertasashi]

Although I really wish for a new healer, a saddistic part of me hopes dancer will be a DPS

No small number of people also hope such. I'm not really sure what's with the hate for healers getting new content...

[Kalise]

No small number of people also hope such. I'm not really sure what's with the hate for healers getting new content...

I think it's less hate for healers getting new content and more people don't like playing Healer and want new content.

It's the same thing with Gunbreaker... No small number of people wanted it to be a DPS class because they're DPS mains.

People want shiny new content for their preferred role. Tanks and Healers just happen to be not the most popular roles...