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    Flay_wind's Avatar
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    Lily D'kryl
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    Shiva
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    Dark Knight Lv 97
    Quote Originally Posted by TeraRamis View Post
    See, but from my perspective, because it's not all that complicated a rotation, I can focus more on actually watching fights unfold, general positioning, or (in the case of PvP) not getting my rear handed to me. I'm happiest in an MMORPG when I am constantly on the move - even unnecessarily. I want all frenetic actions to be associated with mobility and not rotation.

    Obviously, not everyone feels this way, but bliss for me isn't constantly mashing 16 buttons in absolutely rigid succession - where one mistake blows the entire effort. It's gliding like an angry little fairy across the battlefield, leaving a trail of carefree destruction.

    Also, the fan attack sounds really amazing. It's just one of those audio effects like steel boots clanking on a metal bridge or hooves on cobblestones that I want to listen to all the time.
    That's perfectly understandable.
    All in all, basically why i dislike dancer is the RNG aspect of the job.

    I am a huge fan of machinist for pretty much same reasons, tho. There's no RNG involved whatsoever. It may be not as mobile, but still you are free where and when you can move.
    It has somewhat simple rotation of 1-2-3, mixed with your 2 OGCDs. Drill/Air Anchor is off the cooldown? Smash that button, preferably with a guaranteed crit proc when it's available. Then there's your hot blast spam mixed in, and that's more or less it.
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    Player Gothicshark's Avatar
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    Marielle Sansoleil
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    Balmung
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    Black Mage Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by TeraRamis View Post
    ...

    Obviously, not everyone feels this way, but bliss for me isn't constantly mashing 16 buttons in absolutely rigid succession - where one mistake blows the entire effort. It's gliding like an angry little fairy across the battlefield, leaving a trail of carefree destruction...
    I'm a fan of the RNGeesus, also you can force the light show every 60 seconds with a flourish.

    Quote Originally Posted by Flay_wind View Post
    That's perfectly understandable.
    All in all, basically why i dislike dancer is the RNG aspect of the job.
    And that's fine too. It's why Ranged has 3 choices of Jobs. Dancer for those who love chaos and pretty pretty colors flying everywhere. Bard is in the middle, and Machinist is rigid and orderly.

    In fact if you look, each role has the random chaos job and the strict no RNG job. I love BLM and Dancer a ton. Red Mage is also fun, and I like Bard, but Machinist was painful for me to level. Ironically, I'm loving leveling Ninja, but Samurai is meh so far.
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    GeminiReed's Avatar
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    Alys Isshu
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    Malboro
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    Summoner Lv 61
    Quote Originally Posted by TeraRamis View Post
    See, but from my perspective, because it's not all that complicated a rotation, I can focus more on actually watching fights unfold, general positioning, or (in the case of PvP) not getting my rear handed to me. I'm happiest in an MMORPG when I am constantly on the move - even unnecessarily. I want all frenetic actions to be associated with mobility and not rotation.

    Obviously, not everyone feels this way, but bliss for me isn't constantly mashing 16 buttons in absolutely rigid succession - where one mistake blows the entire effort. It's gliding like an angry little fairy across the battlefield, leaving a trail of carefree destruction.
    Quote Originally Posted by Flay_wind View Post
    That's perfectly understandable.
    All in all, basically why i dislike dancer is the RNG aspect of the job.

    I am a huge fan of machinist for pretty much same reasons, tho. There's no RNG involved whatsoever. It may be not as mobile, but still you are free where and when you can move.
    It has somewhat simple rotation of 1-2-3, mixed with your 2 OGCDs. Drill/Air Anchor is off the cooldown? Smash that button, preferably with a guaranteed crit proc when it's available. Then there's your hot blast spam mixed in, and that's more or less it.
    DNC uses a skill priority instead of a defined rotation which is why I like it so much. But even more importantly they got the RNG balance right unlike Stormblood MCH. Like Tera I love the high mobility.
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    Clover_Blake's Avatar
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    Clover Blake
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    Balmung
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 90
    I'm currently leveling dancer and I found it very addictive too, to the point that I've been doing extra content just for the joy of playing it. Really enjoying this class.
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    Peace-Division's Avatar
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    Lewte Bokzez
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    Zodiark
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    Machinist Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by TeraRamis View Post
    . What a fun, FUN job this is. It's so incredibly mobile - you're flitting in and out of melee range like a humming bird. .
    I felt this way when i started a MCH recently.


    Isnt it awesome when you find a job the re-engages the fun back again. If you havent tried the MCH job , as you clearly love the dancers for its flare, do give it a go. The animations are very OTT/flamboyant for a job thats simply shooting from a rifle and the damage is decent to especially when you get you 60- 70s skills.
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    TeraRamis's Avatar
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    Tiffah Lockhart
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    Balmung
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    Dragoon Lv 82
    Quote Originally Posted by Peace-Division View Post
    I felt this way when i started a MCH recently.


    Isnt it awesome when you find a job the re-engages the fun back again. If you havent tried the MCH job , as you clearly love the dancers for its flare, do give it a go. The animations are very OTT/flamboyant for a job thats simply shooting from a rifle and the damage is decent to especially when you get you 60- 70s skills.
    I have a... I want to say 74 machinist? It's a little less mobile than I was looking for. I also wasn't wild about how the rotations were set up. It wasn't horrible - I can understand the appeal, definitely - but MCH isn't my cup of tea. Like, a good measuring stick for me is how well I do in PvP with a class... and I didn't do nearly as well as MCH as I do dancer (for whatever reason).

    I'll be honest - I think it didn't help matters much when 95% of the game's guns look ridiculous, with a few (totally outstanding) exceptions. The inevitable result is that almost everyone is using the same 3-4 arms, which gets a little boring.
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    Peace-Division's Avatar
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    Lewte Bokzez
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    Zodiark
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    Machinist Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by TeraRamis View Post
    I'll be honest - I think it didn't help matters much when 95% of the game's guns look ridiculous, with a few (totally outstanding) exceptions. The inevitable result is that almost everyone is using the same 3-4 arms, which gets a little boring.
    The guns do look far too bland across the MCH arsenal. My gun has a glamour on it ive used since i got it. I love the big fat gun look it has




    If you know of any other good lookers I can source for glams I would appreciate it especially if its glam loot i can target unsynced.
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    Last edited by Peace-Division; 07-13-2020 at 02:11 AM.

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    Quintessa's Avatar
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    Saturn Vitrell
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    Famfrit
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    Marauder Lv 18
    Quote Originally Posted by Peace-Division View Post
    The guns do look far too bland across the MCH arsenal. My gun has a glamour on it ive used since i got it. I love the big fat gun look it has




    If you know of any other good lookers I can source for glams I would appreciate it especially if its glam loot i can target unsynced.
    That looks really cool.
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    Lewte Bokzez
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    Zodiark
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    Machinist Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Quintessa View Post
    That looks really cool.
    Thanks

    The gun is from Naval Hard

    The chest piece I got from Amdapor Keep Hard
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    Victor Theed
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    Goblin
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    Miner Lv 90
    When I first seen it I was afraid it'd be way to feminum for my liking, like I would be riding on the back of a cartoon unicorn spitting out rainbows while screaming girl power.

    But after I lvld it to 80 I decided it wasn't as bad as I thought, but still I'd say it's geared towards females, and the only complaint I had was it felt like it didn't deal to much damage, but I'm no dnc pro and I know I have more to learn on that job, but all in all I enjoyed lvln dnc.
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