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i must not be too creative with the limited flourishes i get per dance, because i cant seem to make a good macro that doesnt already look like someone elses

the macro i usually do is.. Exotic 3 flouishes 1-3 <coz i hate the jiggle dance and refuse to do it> with a dazzle, etc after every other flourish <smoke bomb used once becuase its annoying to some ppl>. And i added 3 different leotards (black, grey, and yellow) to change after every flourish.

when i get bored of watching that macro, i manually /changedance exotic4 and watch the same 2 flourishes over and over.. and over.

so.. if anyone wants to share a cool secret or tips with me... im all ears.. lol

Lotrih Crestingcloud -- Tarquinas

I am in the same boat- but my problem is filtering out the base dance, mostly trying to catch the flourishes at spots where when I change dances, my character won't go zooming to another pose. Tough stuff, but apparently /pause .6 actually is valid hehehe the half numbers help but not exactly enough.

One thing I do is trigger my light shows WHILE flourishing. So that when I am doing the exotic 2 first flourish where the character lowers to the floor- as they almost get to the floor I trigger the spotlight. It looks pretty neat. I try to time them to be at 'pinical' points in each flourish. And I also tend to move between exotic 2-4. (one seems to be the same as 4 only choppy- the flourishes are the same)

If I could just figure out those timing issues then I could make a few short macro dances- they'd eat up Action, I am sure but I don't mind ^-^

I hear ya on the jiggle dance. I was so disappointed when I finally got exotic 2 and discovered that 5 flourishes were jiggle, and that 2 and 3 were the same, just in a different direction! I might rearrange my points if the flourishes were ever improved, anddo dance again,but right now, I prefer my mando to the jiggle dance!

Hey, some people like the jiggle dance!

Actually, it's the perfect transition move between exotics, since it's the same in each one and you can change dance during the jiggle with no fits and starts. I usually start flourish 4, while I'm turning and jiggling around, I /changedance to exotic 2, 3, or 4 and when the jiggle is finished there I am.

I don't do flourish 2/3 in exotic4 as much asa lot of masters seem to. To me, it's just kind of raunchy...for sure it should be a highlight of your routine and not every other flourish. At least in my opinion. Getting down on the floor and doing the "belly push" should be a showstopper, hehe.

I usually do a routine something like this, adding a special effect of some kind ("fx") to each flourish:

- Start exotic4
- flourish 1 with fx
- continue exotic4, fx
- flourish 4, change to exotic2
- flourish 1 with fx
- flourish 2
- flourish 1 with fx
- flourish 3
- flourish 4, change to exotic3
- flourish 1 with fx
- continue exotic3, fx
- flourish 3 with fx
- continue exotic3, fx
- flourish 4, change to exotic4
- flourish 2 or 3, several fx (the big finale!)
- start over again

I LOVE using the smokebomb!!

I use it to change outfits, and sometimes to change dances. Your timing doesn't have to be as precise.

To me, the jiggle flourish is a groove breaker. There you are, waving your arms and body in a beautiful and exotic manner, then you get up on your toes....

...and shake your chest like a cheap hooker while turning in a circle.

That flourish was pulled from another dance (I forget which one) to fill in the missing flourishes in the exotics. I seriously doubt it belongs there, and I laugh and shake my head at dancers who use it, but to each their own.

- J

The shimmy is from lyrical flourish 3 I think it is. Both 2 and 3 are shimmies, but one does a half turn then turns back. Someone was trying to tell me it's difference because the beginning and end fit in eith exotic. I even timed the flourishes so they were mirroring each other (Yes, the beginning and end is different) and every single move, every hand position, everything was identical, and they still tried to convince me that it was different. Some people like the move.. Personally I can't stand it, and I'll slap anyone that does a bandflourish causing me to do that. (Or one of the marionette flourishes for poplock.)

What it really looks like is one of the jigglies in rhythmic!!! Granted, it's not exactly the same, but when I saw the jiggledance the first thing I thought was... hey... I've seen this before, when I was a novice entertainer!

Er... Yeah rhythmic. Did I say lyrical?

I meant rhythmic. I knew lyrical didn't sound right, but I got distracted before my mind could figure out why it didn't sound right.

While the jiggle IS a good transition, it really does break the groove of the dance. It's like "Look, I'm a ballerina in swan lake... la dee da.. look at me. So smooth. So graceful. There is no creature on this planet that is more graceful than me... LOOK! I'm A MIME!" or "He's here... the Phantom of the Oooopeeeeeraaaaa! Ba da bing badaboom." ::giggles::

My advice for making a macro as master dancer.... Don't forget that, counting 1s and 2s as the same, and all the exotics as one dance, you have 8 dances. Don't just look in your top skill box and do those dances. In order, if I had to guess which dances I did most, I'd say: popular, lyrical, formal, basic, exotic, poplock, footloose, rhythmic.

I only avoid lyrical and formal due to the base dance- which is why I am trying to outsmart it hehehe. Lyrica2 looks awesome on my computer but I can look at my fiance's screen and see me character having an epileptic seizure ( which is never fun. Just ask them. )

I enjoy poplock, especially after I found some MP3's that oddly fit the rythym (alternative music too strangely.)

Some of the lower level ones bother me simple because they have a whole different feel of 'spasm' to me. But I tend to be very sedate and like things slow and graceful. or at the very least- graceful no mater what speed.

my fave thing to do id exotic4 flourish three while you go down do smoke bomb change outfit that way you go donw in oneoutfit and come up in another looks pretty cool. another thing i like to do is exotic4 flurish one and before the flourish is over change dance to exotic 2 then you go automatically into exotic2 flourish 1