Dancer Archive

I've calmed down slightly =)

Some thoughts.

Yup, the dances look horrid. I'm as offended and bothered as everyone else, and have considered getting a new pet and naming it Crackrock Kangaroo, because that's about what most of these moves look like. I'm even MORE bothered by the fact that a) the patchnotes stated 2 dances were changed, and in reality there were 4, that I know of (I stopped looking at some point from sheer sadness LOL) and b) that all of the "2" dances for each of the effected types was modified in the same manner. That goes further to the theory that the "2" and the initial version of a dance share the same codebase entirely, which doesn't give much hope for them being something new. We all knew we got 'rehashes' of earlier dances as we leveled, but having that confirmed was a bit disturbing.

Let's be rational for a moment though: How many of us even implemented the 'bad' flourishes into our choreography? Not many. We realized that the flos were either repeats, or didn't fix the dances, so we stopped using them. Just keep it that way. *shrugs*

There were a FEW of the flourishes that are usable, and will offer a nifty change. I've started playing with lots of /changedance, and I think some of them will be fun to use. Also won't be bad to use some of them in a sort of satire based show, if it's done right =)

Also, aside from needing to use a given dance to get the highest XP if you are still leveling, most of these dances, with the exception of formal (omg, i'm not sure where THOSE moves came from) are not overly used in performances or even in cantina jam sessions once they've been leveled past. Still leveling? See earlier item regarding ignoring the crappy flos.

Like everyone else, I was screwed by some of the changes to unarmed and TK, which did add some insult to injury, but I'd probably be even MORE offended if it were my primary class. Sorry, but I agree with the changes to special moves, as I think they were overused by ALL classes. I completely understand that with most of us having lower health HAM, it's even harder on us NOT to use them, but we are not the primary concern, either, as for most of us, fighting is secondary.

I'm thrilled with some of the new graphics changes. I'm thrilled that the admin drop bug was fixed, and that after today's patch, vendors should be fine. There WAS a lot of good in this patch, it's just hard to see past flailing around like a kangaroo on crack - or did I already mention that part? *grins*

Chin up. I think that long-term, this stuff will change. In the meantime, we have to just swallow the disappointment, like everyone else who was in some manner 'nerfed' or 'screwed' and do our best to entertain =)