Dying a whole lot as a Dancer

[SturmChurro]

Nope completed both extremes dozens of times, done all the story, do FATEs and it's fine. I have saved my own party rather than me dying because of my shield and heals. Also use your role heal if you need to. I see no problem with dancer (survivability) once you get used to the gigantic finisher aoe size.

[Ayuhra]

Nope completed both extremes dozens of times, done all the story, do FATEs and it's fine. I have saved my own party rather than me dying because of my shield and heals. Also use your role heal if you need to. I see no problem with dancer (survivability) once you get used to the gigantic finisher aoe size.

Did you do all that in Shadowbringers?

It could be that Stormblood mobs are hitting particularly hard or something.

I am at the exact same point in the game as OP as a dancer and the death frequency to just normal mobs wandering around strikes me as more than a gear up or learn to play issue. I'd expect to die to powerful mobs or groups of them when still new to a job but just one or two?

[SturmChurro]

Did you do all that in Shadowbringers?

It could be that Stormblood mobs are hitting particularly hard or something.

I am at the exact same point in the game as OP as a dancer and the death frequency to just normal mobs wandering around strikes me as more than a gear up or learn to play issue. I'd expect to die to powerful mobs or groups of them when still new to a job but just one or two?

I leveled dancer through dungeons and FATE's pre ShB (still did FATEs in shb). As for mobs or FATE's if I do end up getting hit hard I can just dash away and reset them or just leave the area of the FATE. I don't think I ever actually died to mobs, well I probably did so I don't want to say that. It would have happened so rarely I literally cannot remember. Thing about dancer is it has a ton of mobility.

I think I used my machinist's shire gear when I started leveling my Dancer day one. Didn't really upgrade it too much inbetween, or rather, I got the levels so fast I also cannot remember. At 70 I had my bard's melded gear 390 something ilvl.

[Ayuhra]

I leveled dancer through dungeons and FATE's pre ShB (still did FATEs in shb). As for mobs or FATE's if I do end up getting hit hard I can just dash away and reset them or just leave the area of the FATE. I don't think I ever actually died to mobs, well I probably did so I don't want to say that. It would have happened so rarely I literally cannot remember. Thing about dancer is it has a ton of mobility.

I think I used my machinist's shire gear when I started leveling my Dancer day one. Didn't really upgrade it too much inbetween, or rather, I got the levels so fast I also cannot remember. At 70 I had my bard's melded gear 390 something ilvl.

Hmm...maybe gear is the main issue then, idk.

255 gear is given to you when unlocking the job and that's all I have since the character I am doing this on was a Black Mage/Summoner previously.

[DynnDiablos]

This seems more like player error I am afraid. I have leveled DNC to 78 and I haven't died once in any of my time playing. I find myself dealing massive damage, while also holding my own throughout fights. It is important to only move in for your AOE and Standard/Technical Step Finishers, before moving back out for ranged normal attacks.

Honestly, I feel like DNC is the most fluid in terms of movement, with the ability to perform actions/abilities while moving around the battlefield to avoid enemy fire.

Gear is also partly to blame. There's no reason you shouldn't have a full set of Augmented i270 Shire gear with how easy it is to get poetics.

[FoxyAreku]

Dancer is so mobile and bursty I don't know how anyone can die on this class, especially on overworld mobs.

Most overworld mobs would get 80% HP nuked by standard finish alone when I was doing story. No idea how you can be having problems.