Dancer Improvisation and Healing

[Akava]

As a Dancer, I love using Curing Waltz whenever people take damage, even if I can count on one hand how often its actually made a difference. I've made more of a difference as PLD or RDM using Clemency/Vercure and I would love to have that feeling as a Dancer too.

I feel Improvisation falls into the same problem as Curing Waltz, it just doesn't feel like it makes much of a difference in the healing department. Personally, I would love if they changed it from a 10% healing buff to a flat out channeled healing skill.

Healer dies right before heavy AoE damage? Pop Improv while someone raises the healer.
Healers running OOM with a heavy DoT on the group? Pop Improv and save the day.

That's my hope but how do my fellow dancers feel? Would you like having more healing or just want more offensive power?

[Jkap_Goat]

For the longest time, I really wanted dancer to be a healer in FFXIV but that time has gone and pass and I really don't like FFXIV dancer.

FFXI Dancer can roll as a healer using curing waltz l, ll, lll, lV, Healing Waltz, ( esuna) Divine Waltz ( AoE heals) as long as you have TP ( convert Steps into finishing Moves and use Reverse Flourish is the fastest way to get TP)

As for FFXIV dancer, it is what is it. Just a range DPS with a tiny AoE heal that makes little to no difference.

So if you want to be a healer and be a dancer, go with FFXI dancer, I don't think FFXIV curing waltz will change anytime soon

[Jkap_Goat]

Also to add, hybrids doesn't exist in FFXIV so as much as I would love DNC to have a strong AoE cure, they will leave it as it is sadly

[Rasikko]

Curing Waltz really only shows its usefulness in a trial/raid and everyone is near your partner, other than that, it does nothing, even at 300 potency.

[Maero]

It may not do much but i still use it and Shield as well.
In the patch notes i thought i had read that Curing Waltz potency was increased, it just does not feel like it however

[Satarn]

Curing Waltz really only shows its usefulness in a trial/raid and everyone is near your partner, other than that, it does nothing, even at 300 potency.

You should be stacking for heals anyways and that's 600 potency together, which is higher than Cure III and ogcd. Of course if you just toss it randomly whenever, it's not going to be very effective - utility and heals have to be planned to get most out of them.
Even outside of that, you can still use it to save people sometimes, you just need to be smart about timing and position, but that's just a bonus.

[wereotter]

Improvisation is.... not great.

I've been learning Hades this weekend and can't tell you how many times I saw that one player standing just outside the very obvious radius of the skills in the phase transitions. Honestly I don't see where the skill couldn't be made into something like Mantra where it's just something you can pop and impact a radius around you for additional healing, which would then let it combo better with Curing Waltz, or be a smaller radius than Mantra but goes off around you and your dance parter.

Then leave the animation you have for the down phases to just let you passively build esprit without having to have your full party near you.

[Rasikko]

You should be stacking for heals anyways and that's 600 potency together, which is higher than Cure III and ogcd. Of course if you just toss it randomly whenever, it's not going to be very effective - utility and heals have to be planned to get most out of them.
Even outside of that, you can still use it to save people sometimes, you just need to be smart about timing and position, but that's just a bonus.

I blast it whenever raid wide damage goes off because everyone at least knows to "marry" the healers when it's coming haha.

[Neela]

Also to add, hybrids doesn't exist in FFXIV so as much as I would love DNC to have a strong AoE cure, they will leave it as it is sadly

yeah... that's why RDM will never be balanced and Blue mostlikely won't ever change to a normal job... - sad but true : /

[Raikai]

Improvisation really needs a buff. It's extremely lackluster for being the DNC cap skill.

I like the idea of it being a big healing cooldown, to be used when the healers are trying to recover. The 10% healing buff is nice and all, but most of the time in my experience it's being overkill, so maybe another stat buff like Direct hit or crit?...

One thing for sure... You can count on your left hand the moments that improv is useable on current content. And if you ever think about using it during another time just for the Esprit gains, first, good luck on having people stack on you, second, even if you manage to do that, the damage you'd gain with Saber Dance is not worth the damage you would be doing normally and the risk of being turreted there.