It doesn't matter how good of a DRG you are.

[Docent]

DRG does great damage -- anybody who plays the game can tell that they're extremely competitive when properly played and geared.
Maybe it's a compound effect of being a male mi'qote and dragoon that attracts people's attention to you? (Nobody ever said anything negative to me when I play my dragoon. Ever)

Monk may be picked over a DRG for Coil, but that's because Dragon Kick and Mantra are extremely helpful, and Monk's damage is comparable to Dragoon.
Dragoon's debuff increases the damage of the Bard(s), which most raid groups will have.

In an age where people consider using STR+VIT jewelry (110 melded) over 130 STR stuff (to help survival), it's obvious that they would pick a job that decrease damage taken and increase healing rather than a job that provides some extra DPS.

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Personally, I don't mind dragoons. I will, however, refuse to get pug ninjas for any serious content. They tend to have blinders on, focusing on their timers, combos and mudras way too much and will forgot to do mechanics or dodge in time. Thankfully, I can let the FC's main ninja know when that happens over VoIP when he does that, but I can't with PF/DF Ninjas.

[Eidolon]

DRG does great damage -- anybody who plays the game can tell that they're extremely competitive when properly played and geared.
Maybe it's a compound effect of being a male mi'qote and dragoon that attracts people's attention to you? (Nobody ever said anything negative to me when I play my dragoon. Ever)

Usually I play Warrior, actually. I notice this moreso when there's a DRG in the party. Personally, I've proven myself time and time again that I'm more than capable as a Dragoon. But I'm not wishing to make this subject about -my- dragoon.

But I'll concede. Even when I put out my best, I don't think I can quite reach a Monk or Ninja at their prime. This might be due to the lower ilevel (Most of what I seen is from an i115-120 DRG perspective for my own personal DPS.) My benchmark tends to be pretty high to match my standards, after all.

[kehn]

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Personally, I don't mind dragoons. I will, however, refuse to get pug ninjas for any serious content. They tend to have blinders on, focusing on their timers, combos and mudras way too much and will forgot to do mechanics or dodge in time. Thankfully, I can let the FC's main ninja know when that happens over VoIP when he does that, but I can't with PF/DF Ninjas.

I think this is a problem not with ninja players but the way the class was designed i have over time lost a lot of respect for the ninja class because most players suck at it. if they had stacks or positionals like mnk i would definitely count them as the hardest melee class to play. is just bad design