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[Raldo]

I would say the complexity comes by means of how fast you need to make decisions based on procs. Some jobs have very predictable rotations - or their procs may simply be a matter of "when it comes up, use it immediately and move on." For Dancer, it is very much a prioritization system that changes every, single second based on a dozen different internal and external variables. This isn't unique to Dancer, but it very much is the heart and soul of Dancer.

I feel like you're overselling DNC. Generally speaking, you hit Cascade, and then hit any other buttons that light up with little regard to the order in which you press them. By all means, everyone should try whatever job, but personally, I find the job to be quite dull.

You could go on about saving certain things for buff windows or whatever, but lets be real here, we're in the "New Player" subforum.

[Chrallmal]

I feel like you're overselling DNC. Generally speaking, you hit Cascade, and then hit any other buttons that light up with little regard to the order in which you press them. By all means, everyone should try whatever job, but personally, I find the job to be quite dull.

You could go on about saving certain things for buff windows or whatever, but lets be real here, we're in the "New Player" subforum.

Fair enough, and I understand your meaning. However, the OP asked for our opinions of what we love/hate about a given job. The only one I am currently qualified to speak of at the current end-game level is Dancer. At this point, I'm trying to sell Dancer to them. I will concede that the job is as dull as dishwater prior to level 72 when you get Flourish. Even then, there can be some rough stints of bad proc luck that can really take the wind out of your sails. I'm actually more partial to MCH right now than Dancer, but I am not qualified to speak to how it plays at 80.

As well, the OP asked if there were any jobs out there that have a "charge" system similar to Aetherflow with a preference towards utility. Dancer was the first thing to pop in my head.

[HyoMinPark]

If you’re interested in something where you shove all your stuff into burst windows, DNC would actually work well for you.

At level 70, it learns a skill called Technical Step, which allows you to provide your party with a 20s 5% damage boost called Technical Finish and Esprit gain. At level 76, your Esprit gets put to use when you learn Saber Dance, which costs 50 Esprit gauge to use.

Ideally, DNCs hold up to 3 Feathers for Fan Dances, Flourish, and Esprit to cram a bunch of GCDs/oGCDs into this 20s window. So you’ll be juggling 5 Flourished procs, your other Fan Dance (I in single-target, II in AOE), and Saber Dance at 50 Esprit within this small window. It can get quite hectic, especially with Saber Dance as you want to try and get in as many of them as possible during the window, since it’s a 600 potency attack. You can kind of think of it like a Bahamut window, except you’re doing most of the damage as opposed to Demi-Bahamut.

I feel like you're overselling DNC. Generally speaking, you hit Cascade, and then hit any other buttons that light up with little regard to the order in which you press them. By all means, everyone should try whatever job, but personally, I find the job to be quite dull.

You could go on about saving certain things for buff windows or whatever, but lets be real here, we're in the "New Player" subforum.

Honestly, DNC is a lot more busy once you get to level 80 and you’re juggling Flourish procs, Saber Dance procs, and Feather procs. Definitely not dull by any stretch, in my opinion. I find it busier than BRD could be even in its burst windows with double/triple critical hit buffs up. It’s far more than just Cascade > Fountain > maybe Reverse Cascade/Fountainfall.