The Street Performer: Dancer Equipment Guide for the Stingy of Wallet

{| border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%"
 * valign="top" width="25%" |


 * valign="top" width="75%"|

Introduction

 * Dancers dance in battle to debuff the mob and to buff and heal the party. Street Performers dance on the streets to entertain and make money (and not starve). This is a guide for those Dancers who are short on money.

Hello! This is my first time making a guide, so bee gentle! There are currently a few (read: two) Dancer equipment guides floating around out there, but none specifically for those on a limited budget, so being cheap and stingy myself, yet not wanting to resort to dancing on the streets shouting for money, I decided to write this guide. Not that writing this is going to earn me any money, so I suppose I did it just to have a guide with a ridiculously long name.

'THIS GUIDE IS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS!', hence the incompleteness. If you would like to contribute to the guide or toss me a suggestion or otherwise, feel free to do so or toss me a PM. I do reserve the right to re-edit your suggestions though if I feel it does not belong to this particular guide.
 * }

Disclaimers
I am from San D'Oria and race Hume, so the guide is slightly biased towards Sandy CP and Quest Items as well as Hume RSE gear. As this guide approaches completion I will start researching more on the viability of Quest and CP items from other nations as well as the usefulness of the other race's RSE. Also, this guide was specifically written to equip the poor and needy (hey, no shame in that, I'm one of them) and as such is NOT a comprehensive, all-inclusive guide of everything Dancer can wear.

Level 1-8
Lets face it, you're going to be soloing these in the lowbie zones and who's really going to be looking at you, or even caring about what you're wearing at this level anyway? Just wear your Lv. 1 Race Specific Equipment and get it over with. Depending on your playstyle you can punch, stab or slice your way through.

[Weapons]

[Neck]
 * Lv.7 Wing Pendant - rare/ex very easy Sandy quest item, so it's free!
 * Alternatives if you have them lying around:
 * Regen Collar
 * Justice Badge
 * Leather Gorget

Level 9-16
[Weapons] [Head Equipment]
 * Lv.9 Compound Eye Circlet - Eva +5, will last you a long time if you don't have Empress Hairpin. Generally cheap on most servers, or you can do an easy quest in Windy to get it for free. Tip: try to buy it in Windy or Jeuno, it will be a lot cheaper.
 * Lv 10 Royal Footman's Bandana - AGI+1 better to just stick with Cmp Eye Circlet.

[Body Equipment]
 * Lv.10 Royal Footman's Vest

[Hands Equipment]
 * Lv.10 Royal Footman's Gloves - Attack+3
 * Lv.14 Battle Gloves - I am not kidding you when I say you literally NEED these. Yes, they are pricey for the level (Price range from about 4k~17k across all servers, averaging around 10k) but hey, you can basically wear these until AF hands, which are level 52. That's like spending only 264 gil per level on your hands until level 52. They can be farmed from the chests in King Ranperre's Tomb for free, the keys have a half-decent drop rate with TH1 and I've gotten these gloves 3 times out of 10 tries so it's not that rare. Do NOT skimp on this gloves! you are 16 levels away from your first Accuracy Bonus trait and you will need these, badly.

[Leg Equipment]
 * Lv.7 Leather Trousers

[Feet Equipment]
 * Lv.10 Royal Footman's Boots

[Ranged/Ammo Slot]
 * Lv. 15 Rogetsurin - I highly highly recommend you get this. Very easy to camp and it's a 100% drop. Mob pops on new or full moon in Konschtat Highlands. Not only is it the earliest ranged weapon DNC can equip, it also offers a nice AGI+1. I actually get asked to pull on Dancer quite often, so it's rather important that you have it, and will last you til your level 40 AF weapon. It's honestly not that hard to camp and not to mention it's FREE!

[Back]

[Rings]

[Earrings]


 * TIP: Buy the Royal Footman's Vest Set with CP if you are from Sandy. If you're not, try to ask a friend from Sandy with points to spare to buy it for you, and/or offer to get them CP items from your nation in return. If you have to buy this, take the time to make the trek to Sandy to buy it. Always ALWAYS buy CP items in the nation that offers that particular CP item, it will ALWAYS be cheaper.

Level 17-20
[Weapons]

[Leg Equipment]

[Feet Equipment]

[Neck]

[Back]

[Rings]

[Earrings]

Level 21-33
[Weapons]

[Leg Equipment]

[Feet Equipment]

[Neck]

[Back]

[Rings]

[Earrings]

Level 34-46
[Weapons]

[Leg Equipment]

[Feet Equipment]

[Neck]

[Back]

[Rings]

[Earrings]


 * Lv.36 Drone Earrings - I prefer these, but it's perfectly acceptable to remain with your attack+ Beetle Earrings+1 as well.

Level 47-54
[Weapons]

[Leg Equipment]

[Feet Equipment]

[Neck]

[Back]

[Rings]

[Earrings]

Level 55-64

 * Lv. 61 Amemet Mantle - STFU about the +1. To quote some comments on FFXIAH,
 * " you should not be considered gimp for having NQ version of this piece. It still offers a lot of great stats for a price that's unheard of. I used this piece until I decided it was time for me to own a +1 version. Nevertheless it's a great piece to own." --shamelessly plucked from Hitetsu of Sylph.
 * "This is ideal for someone who CANT afford the 250k for +1. It's a great back piece for the price of it, anyone who denies that is either stupid or..well stupid. There is nothing wrong with using this item, especially if you're running low on gil until you can get some spare for it." --quote stolen from Darkgoliath of Fairy.

Level 65-70
Coming Soon

Level 70-75
Coming Soon

Credits & Thank Yous
FFXI AH for Cross-server price research

Dancer: Guide to Weapons and Armor Guide and the

Dancer Equipment Guide Chart for providing a basis to reference off of.

Special thanks to Laude of Phoenix, a friend and 75 DNC mentor for helping me out with the higher level parts of this guide.