Low Level Dancer Solo/Duo

[Marcicus]

Right now I'm at 22 and the mobs in Buburimu are getting to be a bit weak for me, and I can't kill the beetles in East Ronfaure(S) fast enough to chain them. Any advice would be nice besides using the guide on wiki.

[_chuchu]

I followed the wiki with decked out gear and exp starts slow there, then picks up when you level. I blood tanked whenever I soloed after 24 so that mobs fed me alot of tp over time and helped my survival rate

Edit: I also used Cassie Earring and Ikra Gunkan around this point. Kinda just stuck it out myself :\

[_chuchu]

Did you try the blm solo guide? I went to some areas on it as well on dnc

[Raithen]

A friend and I duoed Carrion Crows in West Sarutabaruta [S] from 22-24 or so. It was a little slow because there are only about 5 in one spot, but there is a pretty decent camp just northwest of the tower. I honestly wouldn't really suggest it, but at 22 they are EM to maybe IT and weak to piercing.

[Tsutsumiko]

Did you try the blm solo guide? I went to some areas on it as well on dnc

Worked for me.

I duo'd Dancer until about 30~40ish within the first few days of WoTG coming out with some friends. Granted, I had a PL for some parts of it, but those are the spots we used and it's definitely manageable, but has down time for sure.

[Darkyrm]

I used the Blm pet path in a lot of levels till 56 with my NPC (reduces xp/mob but kills are a lot faster and safer) i used 2 pet camps not in the guide because pet levels didnt work for me sometimes and elemental pets are not a good ides for DNC.

[Phraust]

01 - 10 Around Bastok (Random mobs)
10 - 15 in Konshot (Random mobs)
15 - 17 in Canyon (Random Mobs)
17 - 20 Maze (Worms + Goblins + Bats)
20 - 23 Ronfaure(S) (Beetles)
23 - 26 Sau. Champage (Beetles)
26 - 30 Jungle (Mandies, and later Gobs, finished 30 at the zone ot Yhoater)
30 - 35 Rolanberry Fields & Quifim (Everything))

Then I took my buddy out a couple times level capped to him, went form 23 to 27 in about 2 hours or so in just bubu. Speed killing. We repeated this process for 2 jobs:

Combos:
[him] Dnc/Mnk + [me] Pup/Dnc(Sharpshot)
- I'd fight one thing sic my pup on it, He'd join in, I'd move on leaving my pup on his.
- Kill another mob about 50% he'd autotarget when he was done killing, I'd sic my pup on it and move on.
This went on non-stop for 2 hours. Pooling seals he walked out wiht abotu 20 seals and 4 levels.

[him] Mnk/Drg + [me] Dnc/Drg
- Same kind of routine as before, Tried out /Drg for the attack bonus, used Daggers mainly due ot merits. at 25 Fed Knives are rediculous.
This time took a lot of breaks, (I fell asleep about 4 times) and in 3 hours, got from 23 to 27 again, less seals for some reason.

Dnc/Nin + Dnc/Nin 35+ on Weapons outside Jeuno:
- The trick here is to never cure yourself.
- One does Box Step, The other does Quick. You don't need more than one each.
- Let the Drain Samba work, I got stuck in a cycle of curing too much instead of lettign the hits do it.

Dnc/xxx + Sch/xxx 15+
- Find a Sch leech, Once you hit 15+ you can cure yourself and let them do the damage, speeds things along for both of you. 12-20 is painfully slow for both jobs (Sooner even) Scratchign each others' backs makes it really livable.

in general since Dnc is kinda lame on the DD front just power through the EP - DC mobs from 1 - 30. I found myself caught in a perpetual loop of curing myself on anythign higher than an EM, and I was decked the fuck out. killing and EP every 30-40 seconds for 60/pop was a lot better than the epic 2-3 min battles versus a T.

A note on leeching:

From 1 - 30: The Exp curve is wierd:

EP = ~80 Exp/ea. Solo. If you bring a Friend and Level Cap em, even if they just leech off you, the EXP drops to 60 at the lowest. So you lose 20 Exp to get someone 60. And if you split the duties you increase yoru Exp/hr by a lot... if you can kill 10 mobs in 5 minutes, 2 of you can kill 20 in the same time, 800 exp x1, or 1,200 exp x2. It's pretty spiffy.

[CelinaAlexander]

With the new update's increase to EP/DC exp, I can make 4-5k an hour slaughtering EP without trying. Keep Drain Samba up and Signet and you can spam WS too (not that there are any good ones to use)

[Epical]

I leveled my DNC to 37 with a BRD PL on beastmen pets like the BLM guide laid out... it worked the exact same way. I went /MNK (using H2H) until 24, then switched to /NIN (main sword, offhand dagger), worked wonderfully. If you don't have a BRD PL at your expense, that new EP/DC exp buff will work in your favor.