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    Drakeos's Avatar
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    Drakeos Shadowbane
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    Excalibur
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    Arcanist Lv 90

    BRD or DNC easier to 90 ?

    Which is more easier and relaxing to play and also able to learn mechanics and also able to progress through 90 content and end game but also easy on wrist/arm/hands/fingers and also easy to master (learn) fast but worth maining for long time (dislike caster/tank/healer due to anxiety)
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    ryouma17's Avatar
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    Haven Belle
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    Excalibur
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    Summoner Lv 100
    you cant really mess up the dancer rotation and theres no upkeep either

    bards you gotta keep up with your dots and your songs

    while i enjoy both dancer is definitely the beginner friendly of the 2 classes
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    Alestorm's Avatar
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    Oraina Fhey
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    Coeurl
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    Red Mage Lv 90
    Both classes are a lot of fun, but I would agree DNC is super easy since the only major thing to worry about is keeping up your dances and knowing who to put Dance Partner on. BRD is more technical since you're having to do more maintenance with DoTs and your songs, but you also can buff the party more.
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    Makeda Fyah
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    Ultros
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    Reaper Lv 90
    Well one starts at level 1 and the other at level 60 so if you were totally new to both that would call it right there.

    Otherwise one is a physical ranged DPS with nearly all instant cast abilities that is able to be constantly mobile and the other is a physical ranged DPS with nearly all instant cast abilities that is able to be constantly mobile...

    As in, it's kind of a wash - the best one if going to be the one that is more fun. But these two both occupy almost the same niche in the game so really hard to call.
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    Hyomin Park
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    Cactuar
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    Sage Lv 92
    Quote Originally Posted by ryouma17 View Post
    you cant really mess up the dancer rotation and theres no upkeep either

    bards you gotta keep up with your dots and your songs

    while i enjoy both dancer is definitely the beginner friendly of the 2 classes
    DNC has dance upkeep and the management of both Standard Finish and Technical Finish—two dance buffs. One is every 30 seconds and the other is every 2 minutes. They don’t have DoT upkeep like BRD does, but they do have to maintain their dance buff just like BRD has to upkeep its song rotation.

    I haven’t played EW BRD, but BRD in the past has been known for being the busier of the physical ranged due to procs. However, DNC also has RNG procs you have to keep up with. Neither is hard, though. The physical ranged role as a whole is catered to be akin to “Baby’s First DPS”.
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    Averax's Avatar
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    Ven Black
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    Coeurl
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    Black Mage Lv 100
    I prefer dancer, both aesthetically and just because it's easier. You're not going to be pulling huge numbers with dancer, it's a supportive dps, but it's fun and people want them around for the buffs.

    Also while ST dps is lacking, they do shred trash packs like some sort of terrifying merry-go-round with knives strapped to it. Last expansion i liked to do DNC for my dungeon roulettes because it made them go sooo much faster.
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    Lala Felon
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    Zurvan
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    Gunbreaker Lv 80
    DNC is likely easier, it's highly mobile and does some decent dps against trash with standard/technical finish.
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    Connor Whelan
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    Odin
    Main Class
    Bard Lv 100
    It’s also worth considering that Dancer has recovery abilities like Curing Waltz and Improvisation, whereas Bard only has Nature’s Minne that increases HP recovery on a single target and the role skill Second Wind which Dancer also has access to. Minne is every 90 seconds whereas Curing Waltz is just 60 (though considering the DNC heal EX groups that may not last much longer lol).

    Whether you’re in a party or just solo I’d definitely say Dancer is the best option, since you have more options to cover from mistakes than if you were a Bard. Of course, the exchange for having more recovery options is having quite a bit less damage than a Bard
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    Arkenaux Belmont
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    Exodus
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    Paladin Lv 90
    In defense of BRD, its upkeep has gotten significantly easier with songs and dot duration being buffed to be longer now. Less scrambling and micromanagement.
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    Drakeos's Avatar
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    Drakeos Shadowbane
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    Excalibur
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    Arcanist Lv 90
    Still hard choice
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