I find it hard to believe that "the dance" was intentional gameplay design instead of the only thing they could do in a few months of crunch after 1.0. All of FFXIV is duct-taped together as if the only reason this game exists is to cover up 1.0 and keep Square Enix from bankruptcy. The existence of "snapshotting" shows this. People salivate over snapshotting and "the dance" but there's a reason why the majority of FFXIV players and the vast, VAST majority of MMO players don't put up with this. Without add-ons, plugins and sims, this game would be extinct outside of Japan.