What will you Sub with Dancer?

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

/BLU's Cocoon trumps Defense Bonus I by a mile, and you'd be able to use DD food no prob.

I've seen this said many times, but it may not be so simple. My BLU hit Lv.40 as a tanking BLU/WAR, and I have to say I had many close calls tanking bats in Behemoth Dominion. Those were definitely not IT++, and I was using Squid Sushi +1 and offensive gears.

My Paladin definitely was better at that level as a tank, both in terms of enmity and safety, even though it had less defense. Shield and Flash did wonders.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

Speaking of COR, I'm betting DNC's Roll will be Regain. SCH Roll still baffles me though (and is off topic >. > so 'nuff of that)

Why give COR Regain when we already have Samurai Roll. That would be incredibly broken. Give Regain to a job that could benefit greatly from having it, give it to White Mage. RDM, BRD and COR do not need or deserve it.

Give Corsair a haste roll, its really the only thing we lack. Getting the ability to charge Quick Draws later on would likely make up for the lack of AoE Sleep.

[Armando]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

My Paladin definitely was better at that level as a tank, both in terms of enmity and safety, even though it had less defense. Shield and Flash did wonders.

Well, I never said it'd tank better than current tanks, just that it'd be better than going DNC/WAR, assuming Animated Flourish is equivalent to Provoke.

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

My point was really that you can't just add Cocoon and say "It'll tank fine with DD food."

Under Lv.30, tanking on BLU/WAR outfitted for DD and on sushi/meat was fairly easy. By Lv.40, I can see first hand that combination to strain in both damage mitigation as well as enmity generation. It's reasonable to assume that DNC/BLU won't more have enmity tools than BLU/WAR, IMO, and lacking shield and Utsusemi mean no better damage mitigation (while counting on Waltz to match BLU's healing spells).

[Malacite]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

Well, DNC functions on TP just like SAM, so I figured naturally it'd be Regain since no job can give that buff yet.

[Armando]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

It's reasonable to assume that DNC/BLU won't more have enmity tools than BLU/WAR, IMO, and lacking shield and Utsusemi mean no better damage mitigation (while counting on Waltz to match BLU's healing spells).

I don't see how Waltz would be inferior to BLU's hate tools. Waltz + Animated Flourishes should be comparable to Cures + Provoke on a PLD. Or at least that's what we'd hope.

[Dim Mahk]

Re: What will you Sub with Dancer?

very true statment mando. I really see DNC waltz and a Voke just like. the PLD's ability. however, when I have 150 TP and I wont 100% hate this is the sequence @ Lv23 DNC. Voke >> att >> Drain Sambas >> Waltz >> Quickstep >> anima flo...

and with lil assistance from the WHM I would end a IT fight with 150 TP. and full health. Mind you never loseing the hate for any moment in time. Last pty consisted of MNK, SAM, THF, WHM, SCH and my DNC. it was a fast xp party.