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    Xelanar's Avatar
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    Xelanar Fhey
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    Shiva
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    Dancer Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Crushnight View Post
    I'd say in a group setting dancer is fine as it is if your partner never dies and standard step buffs never drop (which they shouldn't) freely take 5% of your partner's dps and add it to your own. This ofc doesn't account for other party buffs you or anyone else applies but with the above scenerio there is no way they have had that dps without you, so own it
    This is something people tend to forget. Dancers will always be bottom line in terms of personal DPS, because this is how it functions. If Dancers were on par with other DPS jobs in addition to all of their support, they would be way overpowered.
    Also feel free to add 5% of every second raid burst DPS phase to your own too, because Technical Finish does exactly that.

    Players who like being right on front in terms of personal DPS should consider switching to another job, because this is not what Dancers are there for =/.
    There are so many jobs catering to people who like pushing their own numbers and only two jobs for those who perfer pushing numbers of others: Astrologian and Dancer.

    I understand how liking a theme(e.g. dancing) can drive someone towards a job, even if they'd rather play the personal DPS kind of job.
    Keep in mind though that the opposite is also true: players like me, who prefer a supportive approach, might find e.g. black magic an appealing theme and would prefer black mages to be LESS about personal DPS and more about support, but this is not what the job is supposed to represent.
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    Drago Xhula
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    Balmung
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    Dancer Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Xelanar View Post
    This is something people tend to forget. Dancers will always be bottom line in terms of personal DPS, because this is how it functions. If Dancers were on par with other DPS jobs in addition to all of their support, they would be way overpowered.
    Also feel free to add 5% of every second raid burst DPS phase to your own too, because Technical Finish does exactly that.

    Players who like being right on front in terms of personal DPS should consider switching to another job, because this is not what Dancers are there for =/.
    There are so many jobs catering to people who like pushing their own numbers and only two jobs for those who perfer pushing numbers of others: Astrologian and Dancer.

    I understand how liking a theme(e.g. dancing) can drive someone towards a job, even if they'd rather play the personal DPS kind of job.
    Keep in mind though that the opposite is also true: players like me, who prefer a supportive approach, might find e.g. black magic an appealing theme and would prefer black mages to be LESS about personal DPS and more about support, but this is not what the job is supposed to represent.
    you forgot ninja.
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    Xelanar Fhey
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    Shiva
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    Dancer Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by dragoelete View Post
    you forgot ninja.
    My bad, for attempting to keep my post on the shorter side, to an extend where it was unclear why I highlightet only two out of all available jobs. I'll elaborate a bit more on that matter then!
    I'm aware of other classes having support oriented actions like Trick Attack. When refering to support jobs I mean jobs that actively have to do things for giving benefits to party members - like executing a dance combination, or drawing/playing cards. In short: Mechanics that are more complex than just pressing a single button. This is why personally I do not consider other jobs as support. I am aware how they can be legitimately seen as such from different perspectives though, and I won't disagree since not everybody sees 'support' as the same thing.
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