Dancer Archive

Personally I think our dance mechanics are pure garbage. They are basically a set of emotes, noting more. If I dance badly I heal just the same as if I dance wonderfully. The worst that can happen is that I run myself out of action.

I would *love* for what I am doing as a player to impact the results I get from my dancer (button presses).

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ChiiTWINS wrote:
/raise hand

Not liking the dance but doing it anyway is like saying I'm only a TK because I like looking at dead things,but I don't like actually killing them. But I do it anyway.

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but...but...I like the dead things...

Ok, not really.

I love the dancing, I love the music (yeah, you read that right), and just the whole entertaining package. One of my all time favorite things to do is sit there with my playback droid going on Ceremonial or Virtuoso with bandfill and just boogie. I'll boogie in the cantinas...my house...the middle of nowhere...

I adore the social aspect (hehe, see my signature? actual in game quote), but I can have that with ANY profession. Heck, I have that as Derianadai and she can't dance a step or carry a tune in a bucket. I love the entertainment for the entertainment.

Oh...I will be changing that sig tomorrow I think...I have a neat idea...

I love dancing. Putting together flos in different ways and playing around is a fun thing to do if you are that way inclined

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Warryyr wrote:

And actually, everything in this game that is not social/community related is just pushing buttons.

Think about it.

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I think this is a point that is overlooked way too often -- what exactly is combat? Running up to a mob and pushing the special button a million times..

Only with combat you always get the same result. Push button -> dead rancor. Ta da!

Dancing... you can have anything you want happen.

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Drygo wrote:

To me dancing is a performance profession, not a social one.

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Ditto. I always thought the misnomer was an indication of misunderstanding.

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IshtoBlade wrote:

In defense of combat...you better darn push the buttons in the right order, at the right time, with the right weapon, and food, and buffs, and clothes......

There is an art to combat too.

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Well that does depend on the mob, your combat mastery, and comp + buffs. Even in PvP it depends so much on your template. However I do agree that given the right mob or PvP contest it means a lot. In fact from an outcome point of view it means more because as else-whira said we can dance or play badly and have the same affects in healing or buffing.

The art in the entertainer professions is in finding those combinations that make what we do actually appealing to others and when you get it right it is so rewarding. A perfect example was 8 ladies doing formal together with one of the best timed flourish macros I've ever seen. It didn't just impress us in the band and the dancers we actually had people on the street stopping and commenting on how beautiful it was. That is what makes this so rewarding for me.

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LyteFoot wrote:
I know that the 8 dancers dancing with our band last night seemed to be enjoying it. Tuning their moves to not break the flow, picking the appropriate dance to match the song we played, working together to create a wave of effects across the line (i.e. successively do dazzle, smokebomb, etc down the line).

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Hehe, and so did we as Musicians

Actually I love it - I am actively working on putting together some song lyrics and dances that go with them - and having a blast figuring out how aliases work etc. I love just picking a dance and going through 1 flourish at a time and figuring out the best way to arrange them into a routine.

I keep coming back to play SWG because when I listen to music, I feel the need to see my character dance to the music currently playing. I like to change dances when the theme of the music changes. I like to bop, I like to glide, I like to just flow.

What was the theory, in its entirety?