Master Guide to Mind Buffs and Other Tips
By Maev Darksun, Master Dancer, Naritus
I earned Master Dancer a few short hours ago. Up
until this point, I had been dancing off and on since
the game was delivered to my door in July. I spent a
total of 12 hours away from the keyboard and macroed,
the rest of the time I was at the keyboard pressing
hotkeys, so I have a pretty good feeling of
accomplishment right now. I also think I know a thing
or two about dancing because I did it the hard way,
at small cantinas, without any other dancers around
to train me. Some dancers spent all their money on
clothes, I spent it on training and spaceport
tickets. I have had a lot of fun dancing and
interacting since July.
Mind Buffs
These are very handy to anyone that uses their mind
pool (the little blue bar). Most of those people are
doctors, who will be your best friends because they
will keep you dancing by healing you action bar (the
green bar).
Any Novice Dancer can do these (Novice Musicians too,
I hear). All it takes is a few easy steps and a
watch, or timer. Remember, as easy as they are to do,
they�re just as easy to screw up.
1. Make a macro advertising Mind Buffs. Mine says
/shout �Mind Buffs available in the cantina! Double
you Mind Pool in just five minutes for only 1k
credits! Buffs can last up to two hours!�
2. When a customer comes in and asks you about mind
buffs, ask if they want a one hour buff, or a two
hour buff. Most will say two.
3. Inform them of this scale: A five minute dance
yields a one hour buff, and a ten minute dance yields
a two hour buff.
4. Now, the tricky part� Click on the person asking
and type �/setperform�. They need to �/watch� you.
Here�s where it can get screwed up. DON�T click on
any other person or object. You are focusing all
your energy and attention on one person. If you click
on something else, at any time during the five
minutes, the buff fails and you have to start over.
5. Here�s where you need the watch or timer. Have
the person tell you when they are /watch ing you.
Have them give you a signal, so you can keep track of
the time. This is the next part where it can screw
up. ANYTHING less than exactly five minutes cancels
the buff. Five minutes to 9 minutes and 59 seconds
will give them a one hour buff. Anything over ten
minutes will give them a two hour buff.
6. Now you put on a show. Just flourish like normal.
Light effects don�t really help, they just wear you
out faster. When one flourish ends, do another. You
might be able to macro something, but I haven�t tried
that. Really, though, what�s five minutes of actually
interacting with the customer? It made me feel like I
was actually doing something.
7. At the end of the five or ten minute mark,
depending on the buff, tell the customer to type
�/stopwatch�. The buff will not kick in until then.
If you did it right, you will see their mind pool bar
jump up. Novice Dancers on up do a 75% mind buff,
while a Master Dancer does a 100% buff. If their bar
doesn�t go up, you have to start over.
8. People pay about 1k for a 1 hour buff and 2k for a
2 hour buff. Some will even tip more, but try not to
ask. The only thing you should ask them to do, is
tell their friends about you. I made about 49k
credits last night not counting the system crash that
stole 5k from me.
Mind buffs are great, I think, and a very nice
addition to the game. If we could increase the
secondary bars as well, that�d be great. The buffs
are great because you actually have to be at the
keyboard which means people who are AFK can�t do
them. This means no more complaining about how much
it sucks that they get all the tips without being
there. This also means that a Novice can earn some
pretty good money even with a Master in the same bar.
A 75% buff is nothing to look down on.
That�s it for mind buffs. I have quite a few Dancer
tips as well.
*Decide how you want to dance. Clothes on like a
professional dancer, or revealing clothes like an
exotic dancer. Remember: A person with a fun
personality doesn�t always need to wear revealing
clothing just to make tips.
*You will get licked and fondled, but you don�t have
to put up with it. I�ve been harassed on many nights
while wearing pants and a shirt. It�s just part of
the territory. Employ a bouncer. It�s a fun
roleplaying thing. Have a guy that always hangs out
in the cantina threaten to duel the people that
harass you. It works. Plus, bar fights get you
healing XP. (And 15 incapped people on the floor all
because of little old you is a nice ego boost!)
*Learn the Dance Knowledge column first. High level
dances get you more XP and you�ll move up the other
ranks faster by doing them.
*Join entertainer groups. You earn double, sometimes
triple, your XP by dancing in groups with musicians
and other dancers.
*If you are just looking for XP, go to either Theed
on Naboo, or Coronet on Corellia. Those two cantinas
have the biggest groups normally.
*Be nice to image designers. Those are the people
begging for a practice dummy and puking in the corner
from all the spice. Give them a free mind buff and
let them practice on you. They�ll do things for free
and they have some great hairstyles for you to try.
Sometimes they�ll even pay you because nobody wants
to help them and you can work as free advertising.
*The life of a dancer is all about making friends and
getting connections. I have a list of new cantinas to
visit, a list of up and coming clothing designers, a
list of doctors, and a pretty good list of repeat
customers who tip me way too much.
*The fastest way for a dancer to get killed, is by
picking up a rifle and trying to participate in
Player Vs. Player. Brawler, pistols, fencer, and
Teras Kasai are the way to go and you get a dodge
bonus from Master Dancer to help you out.
Hope this helps!
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