My take on DNC as a whole

[HyperiusUltima]

Dancer feels like it's fun at the beginning. At 60-70, you're basically getting to learn your moves and also learn that it has a very strong AoE(like some other jobs in the game currently have due to all the potency changes). On top of it, Closed Position is really nice to work with along with Technical Step...until you hit 76.

Once you hit 76, even if you've been constantly praying to the RNGods that you want to get procs every time, the biggest issue is actually Esprit RNG. It's the same as it was for BRD's Wanderer's Minuet: Drought vs. Overabundance, except more exaggerated.

I know this is starting to sound a lot like another complaint thread about DNC, but they also left us in the dark in regards to Esprit having a proc chance. It doesn't say in the tooltip that your Esprit gauge has a CHANCE of increasing.

"Grants Esprit to self and nearby party members upon successfully executing Standard Finish or Technical Finish. The Esprit Gauge will accumulate when you or party members under the effect of Esprit land a weaponskill or cast a spell."

If SE would be kind enough to give us the rates at which the Esprit Gauge increases, it'd help us a lot and absolve any confusion that's caused by this since it's not every single Weaponskill/Spell on hit that we gain gauge.

Other than that, Dancer seems like it's fluid enough to play; the only minor issue I have with it though is how Standard Step continues to drift because our GCD winds up forcing us to clip, which is something that was unexpected when I first started optimizing. It's still fun though since everything's flashy, plus it has the utility dynamic going for it that keeps it busy with all the resources you have available to spend.

[Llethander]

My only complaint, honestly, with the DNC is the fact that it uses the same old generic limit break animations. Crossbows? We don't even carry a crossbow. xD

[YanderePrincess]

My only complaint, honestly, with the DNC is the fact that it uses the same old generic limit break animations. Crossbows? We don't even carry a crossbow. xD

All jobs share the lv1 and lv2 limit break animations for their role. Only the lv3 LB animation is different. This is why all the melee DPS pull out a glowing buster sword for the lv1 and lv2 limit breaks, despite only DRK actually wielding a massive sword.

[AvenoMatt]

I definitely feel your sentiment for Esprit as it too am not liking DNCs focus on rng. Now I have no problem with Esprit being rng but I do have a problem that there is no way to guarantee it's accumulation. I think if they made it so that Flourish also made it so that you had your flourishes had a 100% chance of building Esprit I would feel better. I do understand that Improvisation builds Esprit but that is during downtime not when you are in the heat of battle.

[GrizzlyTank]

Yet another job with a 1-2-3-4 rotation...

Step is nice though, albeit way too long cooldown on both of them.

[HyperiusUltima]

Yet another job with a 1-2-3-4 rotation...

Step is nice though, albeit way too long cooldown on both of them.

The Cooldown on both Standard and Technical are fine. It’s just the RNG with Esprit they have to settle down because we already have RNG as it is with the combo extensions from both ST and AoE(not counting Flourish)