What is this class design of Dancer?

[WaterShield]

On averages you are right but from time to times you will get extreme bad luck / good luck scenarios (like failing all gathering attempts in a row with 95% success rate!). For very competitive people I guessing is not an ideal class, for your regular player the main problem will be finding a spot.



Yes, is not like ninja at all. Mistakes will cost you damage, but nothing you can't really recover. (Fail, or delay, a trick attack is a big deal. Needing a few steps more to complete a dance, not so much).

PS: You two are clones!

I don't agree that it will be that pronounced of an issue. Even should this negatively affect your personal damage more than I anticipate, your raid DPS contribution from dances will still likely be enough to merit a spot in the raid roster.

Imagine using technical step with trick attack. It's basically a guaranteed spread balance every 2 minutes that also hits for 1500 potency (plus your 5% buff from standard step boosting that). This means you will be able to easily align it with every other Trick Attack, which is up every minute. Beyond that you maintain a +5% Damage buff on yourself and one other party member at all times with standard step.