Why are bards / Mechanists so... Sensitive? <_<

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Nothing personal, but I haven't read this thread, and I'm not entirely certain I'd endeavor to.

But to answer the core question here: Imagine you play a class, new or old, and you LIKE that class, but now for no reason of your own everyone points critical fingers at you and makes you a bad example and at worst, a scapegoat if/when things go wrong. Imagine you're already being refused entry into something that's not even open, based on entirely separate and incomparable reasons and examples, that may or may not directly apply to you. Imagine perhaps you JUST got the game today and wanted to try this job with no knowledge that you were walking into a firing line. . .

THAT is why they're sensitive. Discrimination. It's always been one of those sensitive things. When the fingers start pointing to you, how will YOU feel?

[Lemuria]

Sorry, but saying 'Eww, Bard' isn't something easily considered a joke. Jokes tend to have a punchline somewhere, or are at least delivered in a manner which labels them as jokes. If you'd have said something like "Awesome, someone to serenade us while we kick some a$$." that at least sounds like a joke.

Unfortunately, what you said is indefensible, so why are you still talking as if the Bard is the problem?

[ErzaScarlet77]

i dont remember the last time ive seen "ew DRG" even when i run tank/healer
not even back in pre 3.0

if anything, i usually get "ew MNK" cuz i played MNK and they arent good in dungeon speedpull

anyway, i am guilty of whenever i go tank and get like BRD/MCH
id quietly sigh on my mind and extend expected cleartime by 10 min or so

[Myrhn]

Say "Eww AST" to me in a dungeon and u are going to hit the floor very fast. As a joke i might add

[SovereignAegis]

Say "Eww AST" to me in a dungeon and u are going to hit the floor very fast. As a joke i might add

"Eeew ast"

-later during the boss fight they die-

"Eew res"

[Eidolon]

"Eeew ast"

-later during the boss fight they die-

"Eew res"

heheh x3 I could see that happening. I've also had to survive the end of a fight with nothing but my Immortality of Bloodbath + Second Wind to carry me through. Last boss of Vault had an entire full-party wipe and barely pulled it out alone xD

my favorite bosses are ones that don't deal damage and are mechanic-dodging though. It's my favorite thing to take forever doing the fight by doing the dance perfectly =3 Then I can tease the party as being the sole survivor. <3 (This is especially amusing if it's on a tank like Warrior, such as first boss of Vault <3)

[KonaMochi]

Sarcasm doesnt translate well in text.
Everyone knows this. :I

If you had told them a legitimate critique, they would probably understand.
Snarky, snide jokes-however- normally is considered rude to strangers.

It's like calling a skinny girl on the beach fat while passing by.
Youre bound to get smacked or a face full of smoothy eventually :I

[KonaMochi]

Also- try to remember the fact that the game has only officially been out a week and a half (lol not everyone had early access). People are still relearning their rotations and learning the best way to use their new skills. Moreover- not everyone puts in 5-10 hours a day to figure it out, just for the sake of being ready for alexander next (this?) week.

[KylePearlsand]

I get fussed at by BRDs and MCHs for even suggesting that BRD and MCH may need buffing.

It's like some people are in complete denial that anything is wrong at all. Maybe they don't want to admit to themselves that they chose a sub par job, who knows.

Yeah, denial is definitely the word for it. Most Bards and Machinists I run into, including myself, acknowledge this fact.

[DarkmoonVael]

Hey guys, i said something to the mch/brd that sounds like i am being an ass, they left, so why are they so sensitive?

I think you answered your own question, so maybe stop with the negative comments towards them?