Dancer is a DPS

[Zakon]

People playing physical ranged DPS apparently don't deserve new jobs.

Look, if you don't like how Bard or Machinist play, but you wanted to play a ranged DPS, you had the three casters. If you didn't care about where you stood, you had the melee options.

If you don't like how White Mage plays, you only have two other options, and they don't really play all that different. They have small differences but keep the same core gameplay loop of casting DoTs and nukes when not having to heal. In comparison, MCH and BRD play really distinctly from each other.

[Dasya]

Turned off the stream. 2 more years without a new class is all I needed to know.

edit: Friend just sent me a text about the gender locked races. Shadowbringers is disappointing.

[Maero]

As a dps main for over 5 years and having wanted Dancer forever as healer, this is complete and utter bs.
Their was enough dps in the game until the very least 6.0
I will not but for sure some players will unsub

[Paladinleeds]

I will not but for sure some players will unsub

I'm actually considering it... I went Stormblood with no love for my main role (healer), nor my secondary role (tank)... now they've taken a job I was really psyched for and made it DPS, alongside showing no love for my main role once again... That really infuriated me.

[Belhi]

As a dps main for over 5 years and having wanted Dancer forever as healer, this is complete and utter bs.
Their was enough dps in the game until the very least 6.0
I will not but for sure some players will unsub

I personally won't unsub because bar this the rest of the expansion appeals to me. I never change my character's race either so the race stuff doesn't bother me either.

That said, I am really disappointed. I feel kind of burned out on the current healers and wanted something that felt fresh and I didn't really find the battle system changes we get with an new expansion on the existing jobs really do that for me. I enjoy healing but it looks like I will have to look at the other roles if I want something that feels different as a choice of only three dishes gets old after several years.

My favourite is how dancer was historically a damage dealing job and wasn't even a healer in XI except for how subjobs worked and complimented each other.

"BuT iT wAs a HeAlEr iN xI!"

Then maybe they shouldn't have added Dancer. Most of the people who seemed to hope for it seemed to hope it would be a healing class. Healers really needed something new.

[TaiyoShikasu]

I personally won't unsub because bar this the rest of the expansion appeals to me. I never change my character's race either so the race stuff doesn't bother me either.

That said, I am really disappointed. I feel kind of burned out on the current healers and wanted something that felt fresh and I didn't really find the battle system changes we get with an new expansion on the existing jobs really do that for me. I enjoy healing but it looks like I will have to look at the other roles if I want something that feels different as a choice of only three dishes gets old after several years.



Then maybe they shouldn't have added Dancer. Most of the people who seemed to hope for it seemed to hope it would be a healing class. Healers really needed something new.

Their fault for getting their hopes up.

[Belhi]

Their fault for getting their hopes up.

Then, as I said, maybe they shouldn't have added dancer. This leaves people who player the healing role rather under serviced and that is an issue.

[Burningskull]

Then, as I said, maybe they shouldn't have added dancer. This leaves people who player the healing role rather under serviced and that is an issue.

I wish they hadn't added Gunbreaker and had added another Tank.

[TaiyoShikasu]

Then, as I said, maybe they shouldn't have added dancer. This leaves people who player the healing role rather under serviced and that is an issue.

They shouldn't have added a job because people got their hopes up through no fault of the devs?

I'll give you props because you basically got me caping for the devs, but oof.

[JunseiKei]

Then, as I said, maybe they shouldn't have added dancer. This leaves people who player the healing role rather under serviced and that is an issue.

Ignoring ranged physical DPS having the second lowest of choices. Ignoring dexterity based melee being double ignored as it's still being locked to one choice. Ignoring blunt damage in general as monk is still the ONLY one to benefit from blunt resistance down. Unless dancer turns out to do blunt damage, which would be a pleasant surprise, in my opinion.

A small part of me would even argue that ranged physical DPS are the lowest of choices players pick up. Ever had to find a replacement for ranged physical DPS? It's an actual nightmare. Even tanks are easier to replace.

/opinions