DANCER lowest dps in game? why

[dragoelete]

Dancer is definitely not the right job for players who like being in the lead of DPS numbers. It is meant for those who enjoy pushing DPS numbers for others.
At this point I'm just hoping it stays that way. I don't want another job with actual active support that consist of more than pushing one button to be gutted in favor of players who treasure their personal dps above all else. There already are more than enough alternative jobs for exactly that ^_^.

most of the people who have posted here have stated they dont want it to be top pdps but they want themm to at least be on par or a bit behind mch in rdps meaning combined pdps and buff dps.

[KaiSunstrider]

most of the people who have posted here have stated they dont want it to be top pdps but they want themm to at least be on par or a bit behind mch in rdps meaning combined pdps and buff dps.

This. I'm 100% ok with my pDPS being exactly where it is. I just want my "total contribution" to be competitive with other jobs of the same role. Typically the point of playing a support class is you are someone willing to sacrifice pDPS because the rDPS increase from your buffs combined with your pDPS ("total contribution") exceeds the DPS of a pDPS only class.

For example: I want the balance to be such that a comp of 3 MCH and 1 DNC is higher total dps than a comp of 4 MCH even if that means the DNC pDPS is 2k behind all of the MCH because his rDPS contribution is 2.5-3k.

[Tryzn]

why is dancer so undertuned, because it can buff others?.. black mage with 12,500 dps and dancer with 8700 dps?? really?... dont get me wrong i love playing dancer, but alot of groups dont ask for a dancer for its underwhelming dps... they dont seem to care about the buffs... why do i always end up with under tuned jobs..

A job balance is required please

Thing about a support job is that good raid groups shine with them and bad raid groups sucks with them. Example ninja knowing when to use trick attack and during it when everyone cooldowns are up to maximize the damage out put or not doing with when mechanics are really bad. So same thing with dancer. I would say right now most dancers don’t know how to be good dancers yet, (I mean the job only came out 2 weeks ago)
But you can’t have the best of all worlds, you can’t be able to buff everyone in the raid, interrupt, be range, and have damage like a black mage or even a red mage

[ccrocker58]

I don't think DNC needs more DPS, but I absolutely believe it needs more consistent DPS. It feels pretty bad getting 8k one run, then 7.2k another one for something that is completely and utterly beyond your control.

Like, when people ask what DPS BLM can pull, it's usually replied with 12k. When someone asks DNC, it's more like 7-8k depending on how bad your luck is. Crafting is already infested with RNG, why does a combat class need to be as well?

[Mistyregions]

Thing about a support job is that good raid groups shine with them and bad raid groups sucks with them. Example ninja knowing when to use trick attack and during it when everyone cooldowns are up to maximize the damage out put or not doing with when mechanics are really bad. So same thing with dancer. I would say right now most dancers don’t know how to be good dancers yet, (I mean the job only came out 2 weeks ago)
But you can’t have the best of all worlds, you can’t be able to buff everyone in the raid, interrupt, be range, and have damage like a black mage or even a red mage

Buuutttt I chose dancer as my class because it's new and shiny and I want it to always be the best I want it to do everything, and have all glamors I want easy but complex rotations and I wanna buff everyone and myself and I want a instant kill button that overrides the game because I am a dancer and it's my class and I PAY for the GAME reee


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