[Banggugyangu]

Pld with phalanx can reduce damage to next to nothing. With good shield skill this can reduce the numbers even a rdm might see per hit, making it powerful versus many enemies and monk mobs. Pld solo is definitely not a speed king, but dnc has nothing on it for blood tanking. Fan dance is nice and all, but it doesn't match native enhancing magic skill phalanxes, A skilled shield, and the plethora of other defensive abilities. That being said, there aren't many things this is needed for and usually pld aims to solo like a rdm/blu.

It's not about dancer being unable to solo well, but because it only excels at curing itself a lot and evading (those seem like its unique strengths to me) I'm saying anything where you're taking a lot of damage, pld or rdm getting hit for low numbers will do more than spamming cures, or a drg using a 5 mp cure III-IV will be more efficient. Ethereal earring easily keeps drg mp up.

If you're relying on evading, a dancer's complete lack of enfeebles (slow, para, bio, blind) will easily negate any evasion bonus they have. Dancer evades a lot, but rdm can get more haste and fast cast while decreasing the mob's attack round by nearly half (slow II and paralyze), which negates rdm's loleva skill.

Is dnc a solid soloer? Sure, but it's not the best blinker, nor the blood tanker, nor a speed king. It's awesome low man support, but that is the only unique niche I see. I haven't been very current on accomplishments, but has dnc soloed things others haven't? Can healing waltz clear doom status?

I compare DNC soloing with THF soloing. They're very similar with 1 exception: How you restore your HP when you take damage. On a THF's side, you use bloodies. On a DNC's side, you cure yourself. The instances when you take damage should be very few and spread apart for both, however. Because of how spread apart they are, it's not unheard of for a DNC to WS quite a few times in between cures. As far as kill speed, sure it's not as high as others, but as far as safety, it's well above the average. If you happen to get caught with your pants down, Fan dance alleviates almost all worry until you get shadows back up. Like I said, I'm speaking more toward NMs than EXP. In the world of solo EXP... DRG is king... but when taking on NMs, safety is generally more important than kill speed. Unless the mob SSJs, there's little worry for a DNC on any mob that is solo-able by melee damage.

[Requim]

So you can solo like a THF.

Well...

On the THF's side you have TH. On the DNC side you don't. THF wins.

[Banggugyangu]

So you can solo like a THF.

Well...

On the THF's side you have TH. On the DNC side you don't. THF wins.

more like: On the THF's side you have TH. On the DNC's side you have much more safety.

TH doesn't help too much if shiz hits the fan and someone else takes the mob when you wipe. And don't say it hasn't happened to you before, cuz you're lying if you do. I feel much more comfortable soloing certain things as DNC than as THF. Enough so that for those certain things I would rather make the trade off of TH for safety.

[Requim]

more like: On the THF's side you have TH. On the DNC's side you have much more safety.

You compared dnc to a job that can solo moderately well. My retort was that if you're soloing on thief, it's for TH. Thieves can solo decently well, but I don't whip out thief to go solo willy-nilly. Thief is great for farming, thief is great for killing anything with drops, even if it is a bit iffy.

That's like saying you can DD like a paladin, awesome, but can you tank? There's no point in matching one facet of a job that is obviously there for alternative motives. Thief and dancer could pair nicely, but again, thieves are there for increased drops. If you're not on thief, go a better soloing job, but that doesn't say shit about dancer having unique uses.