Dragoon Discrimination has to end

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

As a former lolDRG, now lolPLD/DRK/NIN...

These jokes can stay if the people making them aren't greifing. 'u' Sometimes people have to learn to laugh at themselves. 'u'

[HulveinBlitz]

I've never seen it happen, nor has it happened to me.

If it does occur, then you have the tools required to handle it. Report, blacklist whatever, move on.

If someone is intentionally killing you, yeaa it's not fun. However, the DRG jokes will never end. It's part of playing the class at this point.

[Chessala]

I honestly think some people here would not notice this kind of discrimination even if it hits them square in the face. And no, this thread is most definitely not a troll thread, I am very serious.

The problem is, that over the years I have played, I have noticed the situation get worse and I know my OH is not the only one thinking like this. A joke is fine but people need to keep their eyes open to notice when something stops being a joke.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

DRG fulfills a very important role in our game community, and in any respectable static group.
Comedy Relax.

Im proud to be a loldrg. Without me, this game would be unbearable.

[Cylla]

I didn't read every post so I don't if anyone has brought this up... but Dragoon jokes have been around since the good old days of XI. Nearly 15 years... just don't think them jokes are going away anytime soon.

On that note though, I've never had someone try and kill me while on DRG or a joke turn into a not so funny joke anymore. If people are being that rude, maybe you should report them. Otherwise, take it with grain of salt. Like I said, don't see them jokes going away anytime soon. And imo, some of them are kinda funny, so I don't mind.

[Claire_Pendragon]

Sometimes it's just seeing the glass as half empty.

[alimdia]

I honestly think some people here would not notice this kind of discrimination even if it hits them square in the face. And no, this thread is most definitely not a troll thread, I am very serious.

The problem is, that over the years I have played, I have noticed the situation get worse and I know my OH is not the only one thinking like this. A joke is fine but people need to keep their eyes open to notice when something stops being a joke.

Confirmation bias, it's not getting worse, if anything DRG jokes have died down a lot lately. Yes, you did have two bad experiences with griefers, but you don't want to accept that these are isolated incidents and they are not the norm, there isn't some sort of campaign to harass every single dragoon, you simply met bad people.

[Lunavi]

I can see where OP is coming from. Also even though we know it as a joke quite a few people wouldn't play that job knowing that the community will continuously make jokes about them and sometimes it can make them feel quite uncomfortable to play that job. Now that SE has begun to jump on that train of making the lolDRG joke it doesn't really help with people picking that job.

Begun? SE has been on the lolDRG bandwagoon forever. I swear that SE themselves makes more lolDRG jokes than the entire fanbase combined. The lolDRG is part of FF Online culture, and has been so since back in XI and immortalized in 2.0-2,1 titan fights. Yes, sure some people might feel weird about it, and if someone does I never tell them infront of them, but most people enjoy them. Yes, even the DRGs themselves.

[Alestorm]

The only Dragoon I have ever made fun of has been my IRL friend who mains it. Even he makes fun of himself, usually because he died to something really dumb. Otherwise I have never made jokes at other people's expense simply because of their class.

[Gemina]

I didn't read every post so I don't if anyone has brought this up... but Dragoon jokes have been around since the good old days of XI. Nearly 15 years... just don't think them jokes are going away anytime soon.

On that note though, I've never had someone try and kill me while on DRG or a joke turn into a not so funny joke anymore. If people are being that rude, maybe you should report them. Otherwise, take it with grain of salt. Like I said, don't see them jokes going away anytime soon. And imo, some of them are kinda funny, so I don't mind.

This has happened to me I'm afraid. A friend (tank) and I (DRG) queued up in roulette and got Halatali (woots!). One of the other members made a pun during one of the bosses and said, "lol drg!", and my friend totally took it the wrong way, but he is also unfamiliar with the whole 'lol drg' and where it came from. So they get into this big 'ol argument, and the guy who made the joke initiated a vote kick, and I kicked my own friend on accident. So the other person said, "Why did you kick your own friend because I didn't vote to do it?" My response was, "lol drg!"

We all cracked up and finished the instance with three, and I tanked. I knew the guy was joking so it wasn't a big deal. We also got a new tank about 10 seconds before the we took out the final boss, and I'm sure he got the clear bonus. More luls ensued. I mean this was one of the craziest and funniest instances I've ever been in.