Quality of life suggestion for Dancer

[Nakkir]

Here's what I'd also do:

1. Make it so you can generate a small amount of Esprit with GCD skills (like 1-2 Esprit). That way you can generate it faster without a dance partner.

2. Make Saber Dance an oGCD OR give it a 50% chance to generate a Flourishing Feather.

3. Make the Dances oGCDs.

That's basically it. I don't think potency changes will be needed as this'll allow the rotation to flow faster, with more weaving.

[Kytrin]

Here's what I'd also do:

1. Make it so you can generate a small amount of Esprit with GCD skills (like 1-2 Esprit). That way you can generate it faster without a dance partner.

2. Make Saber Dance an oGCD OR give it a 50% chance to generate a Flourishing Feather.

3. Make the Dances oGCDs.

That's basically it. I don't think potency changes will be needed as this'll allow the rotation to flow faster, with more weaving.

Those are interesting suggestions! I just started dancer so I haven't gotten very far with it and haven't unlocked Espirit. I just noticed the whole skill to steps thing and started scratching my head over it lol.

[Shurrikhan]

Here's what I'd also do:

1. Make it so you can generate a small amount of Esprit with GCD skills (like 1-2 Esprit). That way you can generate it faster without a dance partner.

2. Make Saber Dance an oGCD OR give it a 50% chance to generate a Flourishing Feather.

3. Make the Dances oGCDs.

That's basically it. I don't think potency changes will be needed as this'll allow the rotation to flow faster, with more weaving.

That would quickly bring Dancer up from bottom of the barrel in total contribution to a top-contender, since you'd be gaining more than a sixth of your uptime, and therefore non-Step/Finish-related DPS, back. As such it may be (far, far) too much to ask for at once.

Personally, I'd just like to see Steps not lock out any actions but weaponskills and the opening Step and Finish keep the same half-GCD as the steps between. That way we could pop Devilment just before hitting Finish, giving us far smoother and less wasteful openers and burst periods.