Thoughts on Dancer as a Ranged DPS

[Grimoire-M]

Dragoons were required...

I'm gonna hit ya back with the other thing that makes DRG required with BRD specifically. Crit. Rate. Boosts. Matter. Piercing was not the only component of their raid DPS. Dragon Sight and Battle Litany commonly both went on the Bard when they aligned. And when they align you also know that SCH's Chain Stratagem, MCH/SMN/RDM's raid buffs, and NIN's Trick Attack would line up as well, and Bard exploits all of that extremely well. Litany makes up more of DRG's total raid DPS contribution than people give it credit for. Both it and Piercing are comparable to Trick Attack than other raid buffs in the right composition.

That synergy is not dying unless Bard gets a static proc rate rework. And even then Monk and the general fact that crit stacking is exponential remains. I imagine DRG will need a personal DPS boost to make up for Piercing but they will 100% remain a strong melee contender at worst.


That aside, I'm hoping SE doesn't wind up making Dancer's utility equivalent to Bard's in value. Their rotation I'm sure will be distinct. This is the only thing that worries me.