Ugh, I'm Leveling Friggin DNC...

[Callisto]

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lol, took a Dunes invite for some god-awful reason, actually not doing too terribly, though I notice my acc on IT gobs is absolutely awful despite them conning even, really does not look like 75% acc to me...using Dhalmel Steaks at the moment.

And yeah, Curing Waltz is h4x.

[MrMageo]

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Speaking of funny fights, Murph have you ever Jumped a mob while casting Drain Samba?

While i was leveling in La Theine I Jumped over a Bird who had Hell Dived me while i was dancing. He missed to boot.

[Murphie]

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I have not! But I could definitely see that happening.

[MrMageo]

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Oh man s funny as hell to see the little taru jump a mobs attack worms are most frequent due to their animation. When they miss it makes it that much better.

[Callisto]

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Ok, well I'm stuck again, this time at 19 and I'm incredibly fucking frustrated now. I can't to to Maze of Shakrami because there's 35 lvl 19 JP DNCs crawling all over the goddamn zone.

I tried Buburimu, where I did 17-19. All of the Goblins that were Tough at 18 now all pop Decent Challenge so I can't chain them anymore. Zus that are all levels 20, 21, and 22 all give the exact same /check message so I can't tell which level I'm getting. I died to one Zu, got it down to 1 hit from dead then whiffed 6 consecutive swings, and it killed me.

I decided to take advice posted on here and go to the Dunes instead. I fought one Brutal Sheep, got him to 10% and he used Lamb Chop for 151 damage, my max HP is 302, he followed it with a crit for 75 and I died/deleveled.

I started using Jackolanterns because despite everything I fight conning even evasion, I constantly go on runs of missing 3-6 consecutive swings, I don't have a parser but my hit rate is certainly a shitload lower than 75%. So I head back out to Buburimu, fight another Zu...get him down to 1 hit from dead and whiff 6 consecutive swings, he kills me. I get a raise, do some Goblins until they all pop DC, go at a Zu with full TP...and another one flies from fucking Mhaura just to special deliver link on me and kill me.

Is there somewhere else I should camp? What the hell should I be eating? Meat when I can't hit for shit? Jacks even though they don't seem to help?
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Dancer fucking sucks. It was cool for like 20 minutes when I got Curing Waltz, but no, it's a piece of shit and I just want to get it to 37 and never touch it again.

[Murphie]

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I wish I had a good suggestion for you. I would just stick to the DC gobs, and hope for better luck on the Zus or something else when you level up again.

[Callisto]

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It really does seem the main issue is the checking. A lvl 20 mob I handle easily, 21 is fine too, but 22 and 23 just wail on me, Sheeps do 1/3 of my health in single TP moves, birds are impossible to hit, etc...the problem being that 20-23 all say the exact same thing when I /check, so I have no way to know which I'm pulling. :/

[MrMageo]

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I dunno i think your best bet is just grinding out the DC's, i dont know why your havng the difficulting on sheep maybe they just dont like you. What are you subbing?, is your H2H capped? Try eating sushi? i dont know what else to suggest my list of stuff i put up sorked for me, maybe its that horseshoe thats lodged n my ass.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Dunno what else to tell ya, really. I'm fairly used to soloing subjobs these days, so I just get back up when I die. BST taught me to stomach every error and death.

[Callisto]

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I'm currently subbing NIN, it traded 1 STR(which I have plenty of) for 1 AGI, and I can use my two Mercernary's Knives when I ding 20, WAR wasn't really giving me any bonuses that NIN doesn't. Using a Sword at the moment as that skill is capped +merits, while H2H is uncapped and H2H delay is abysmal without /MNK, which I don't have.

I'm doing a bit better on sheep now, but they still hit like trucks, just ate a Lamb Chop for 175 with a max HP of 302. XD
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Dunno what else to tell ya, really. I'm fairly used to soloing subjobs these days, so I just get back up when I die. BST taught me to stomach every error and death.

I'm fine w/ dying, although 3x within 6 fights is a tad much lol.
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Sheep got much better when I hit 20 and was able to move to dual daggers...until I caught a link and ate my 5th death and HP of the night. I think I should probably put it down for tonight, I really wanted 21 but it's one of those nights where you should just accept that things are not going to go your way, lol.

[Celeal]

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From level 22 ~ 24 solo in Korrola Tunnel, DNC/BLU w/ Cocoon work very well for me.

From level 24 ~ 29 I had used DNC/RNG full time (both party and solo), the Acc. Bocus from /RNG really make a difference.

[Callisto]

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Haha, I'm halfway to 22 and just now realized at work that I have Quickstep now, I didn't even notice it when I dinged 20. I'm a little confused as to how Steps work, like what's a finishing move?

Could someone explain how the steps work please?

[Celeal]

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Quickstep: It uses 10 TP to attempt to lower the mob's evasion. Depend on your DNC's melee accuracy, the Step may hit or miss the mob. Your DNC (plus other DNCs or /DNC in the party) can stack up to 5 Quickstep on the mob. The more Quickstep stacked on the mob, the lower the mob's evasion.

Finishing Moves: For each step that hits the mob, your DNC gain a ceratin amount of Finishing Moves. For DNC's main job, each Quickstep that lands on the mob will reward 2 Finishing Moves; For /DNC, each Quickstep return 1 Finishing Moves. Finishing Moves is required for using Flourish, just like TP is required for using WS or MP is required for using magic. There is a limit of 5 Finishing Moves that you can *save* at any given time.

Animated Flourish: It uses 1 or 2 Finishing Moves to provoke the mob. If you have 2+ Finishing Moves available, Animated Flourish will consume 2 Finishing Moves (assuming more hate, I am not sure). If you only have 1 Finishing Moves available, it will consume 1 Finishing Moves (assuming less hate, I am not sure).

[Murphie]

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I switched over to /BLU @ 16, and it's working out well so far. I don't really miss H2H, though my MP is pretty pitiful (only enough for about 4 cocoons before I need to rest, or drink some juice).

My leveling is a bit erratic though, since I'm taking my jobs up in waves. So I doubt I'll be able to provide you with any new information or insight from here on out.

[Callisto]

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I was actually cruising, just about 22 and set on gear til 37, but update hit and now I'm busy testing COR rolls and farming to repay the loan I took from the LS bank to buy them, lol.

I'm curious as to how badly /DNC Waltzes got nerfed as well, if it's major then it might not even be worth me finishing the sub when I could just get back to PLD or SCH.