FFXI Dragoon No invites repeated

[Pwnznewbz]

I didn't expect this kind of conversation to start off what I said. I've seen a few people say things that I agree with completely.

-I like playing dragoon over other classes.
-I'm best with dragoon because I play it the most, so it benefits others to have me play this class.
-I do agree that not every NM fight (ie Ifrit, Garuda) require 5-6 dragoons. However, there is a huge difference between a group leader saying "I don't need dragoons because I have them" and "I'm only taking ranged dps bc dragoons are useless."
-I think leveling multiple classes is the part of any mmo, but I don't like that it feels mandatory. I'm not talking sub class ability mandatory (like sentinel for white mage mandatory), but rather mandatory to get a group to do anything. I just leveled my 2nd class to 50 (white mage). I like leveling multiple classes, I just don't like that it feels mandatory for groups.

Anyhow, this is a great discussion about the under valuation of dragoons.

[Krausus]

I didn't expect this kind of conversation to start off what I said. I've seen a few people say things that I agree with completely.

-I like playing dragoon over other classes.
-I'm best with dragoon because I play it the most, so it benefits others to have me play this class.
-I do agree that not every NM fight (ie Ifrit, Garuda) require 5-6 dragoons. However, there is a huge difference between a group leader saying "I don't need dragoons because I have them" and "I'm only taking ranged dps bc dragoons are useless."
-I think leveling multiple classes is the part of any mmo, but I don't like that it feels mandatory. I'm not talking sub class ability mandatory (like sentinel for white mage mandatory), but rather mandatory to get a group to do anything. I just leveled my 2nd class to 50 (white mage). I like leveling multiple classes, I just don't like that it feels mandatory for groups.

Anyhow, this is a great discussion about the under valuation of dragoons.

but I think Dragoon is a bad example because anyone that knows anything about this game knows that Dragoons are beast in most situations. There are a few exceptions such as AV speed runs simply because BLM power on coincutter + the ability to stay out of range of his melee AoEs and MNK power on mistress. And Chimera being mostly a ranged battle since it makes it so much easier. And then there is hamlet which isnt a dragoon specific issue its a no dps needed issue. If people are telling you no DRG on any other content then ignorance is to blame.

[Elexia]

If people are telling you no DRG on any other content then ignorance is to blame.

This is the FFXIV most people know and lo-hate. While it's obvious DRG works in a lot of content, especially if you're feeling adventurous this isn't the case for most people.

I can safely say it's only a minority of the community that doesn't autoshun DRG/MNK from content while the majority only care for BLM stacking.