I still prefer /nin even at 80. I like to toss out divine waltz II whenever some big AOE happens and I grab instant hate.
Say for instance you're fighting clionids in abyssea and your RDM dies(happened to me true story). You gotta keep the party alive. Clionids have a big AOE move that causes ~400 damage to each party member in range and they tend to spam it for some reason the more and more you fight them. It's much more tp efficient to divine waltz II than curing waltz III everyone.
If you were DNC/WAR or DNC/SAM, your fan dance would be gone pretty fast seeing as they're DC to T even at 80.
I like healing more on DNC than DDing so maybe it's just me who gets hate easily. I just feel better knowing I won't get messed up for throwing out the big cures. Just how I play DNC and I dont really get complaints.
IDK, DNC is just one of those jobs that everyone has their own way of playing it and still play it well. I'm just very shadow reliant. If I'm soloing, I'd rather have shadows so I can save my TP for WS's(in non-NM situation) and not use it for curing myself. I do like DNC/WAR when I'm meriting and I'm the main heal. Mobs die too fast to really get hit hard^^.