A Question for Dancers...

[Skolarr]

Not sure if this has been asked or discussed in here before but, I'm curious: Why do a lot of you put your dance on the tank and not the other dps? Not trying to throw shade or anything, just genuinely curious!

[Crushnight]

Er that shouldn't happen unless the tank is

A. A friend of the dancer
B. The dancer knows the tank is out dpsing the dps

Usually its the A option when it happens but it really should go on Dps personally >_>

[Miracle_Diva]

I sometimes do that in dungeons just because the second dps doesn't use aoe skills or in general having a bad performance (or doing less dps than a tank).
I assume that some might do that because the tank is their friend or they don't know how dance partner works.

[SomeRandomHuman]

I'd only do it if your co-dps spends more time not doing damage than doing damage/Tank is doing more dps than them.

[Skolarr]

Er that shouldn't happen unless the tank is

A. A friend of the dancer
B. The dancer knows the tank is out dpsing the dps

Usually its the A option when it happens but it really should go on Dps personally >_>

I ran a lv 80 roulette today, and the healer made a big fuss over the DNC putting his dance on the Tank, rather than me, a MCH. I didn't really care, honestly, but the two of them got really heated over it.

[Raltar]

Well, I haven't leveled my dancer yet. But, if I entered a dungeon and the DPS had incredibly low HP indicating he has crap/broken gear, I would put it on the tank.

[Vidu]

I bounced my dance-partner-buff on and off every single dps during Sophia NM today, to finally land it on my pocket-healer.
Why? Because all of them were playing pretty badly and my healer-boyfriend probably dealt more damage than the samurai, blackmage or bard.

I'll put my dance partner on a dps at first - always. But if I observe them being bad, they lose that privilge and I'll pass my buff(s) on to the healer or tank. I admit to hoping that they'll notice and think to themself "...wow... the dancer just stopped buffing me... I must have done something bad..." - but I know thats wishful thinking...

[Saefinn]

I usually do it with a co-DPS. Only time I've given it to a tank was when the other DPS was dead. I didn't know so many gave them to tanks. I guess it is plausible good tanks can out DPS average DPS's, if a person is running a parser, I guess they'll know

That said, I have jokingly given it to a healer friend saying "I'll help you boost that healer DPS", but that's about it. But I won't deny nepotism when it comes to grouping with friends, but if they're not playing a DPS, then I'm giving it to somebody else.

[HyoMinPark]

I always do my co-DPS. However, if they don’t AOE or have low damage, I’ll give it to someone else.

If my co-DPS is a DNC that Dance Partners a healer or tank, then I give my buff to the one who doesn’t have one. :3c I’m buffing them. Why can’t they buff me, too?

[TheMightyMollusk]

I only put it on a tank if the other DPS is terrible. No buffs for ice mages!