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

[Eidolon]

Thanks for being so polite about it and I see what you're trying to say but unless the people are told that hes someone who likes to joke in that manner beforehand or this is expressed to them, they have no way of possibly knowing so while I totally get it I just can't bring myself to fully see it that way. However I still appreciate the way you held yourself in your reply and I respect your opinion as you respected my own.

I will say, they are probably far more well-worded than I. I let a discussion heat me a little too easily and I definitely get a good vibe from reading their posts. That's actually pretty impressive, if nothing else, and just shows I still have a long way to go until I get to the level of competency I desire in my written communication. <_<

I do agree with their feelings, in general, and find it to be very well-synched to my own. But perhaps I am too abrasive in how I say things.

[Hayward]

Worthless dross

See, all that crap that went on in XI is the VERY reason people are right to call this garbage out. No Thief should ever have had to go through all that hassle just to improve their job. This has nothing to do with "being PC" or "Microaggressions" or any other psuedo-psychological nonsense term used by you and other people looking to justify acting like a high school Valley Girl. This has to do with unjustified job discrimination that needs to be killed off at the root by taking out the Party Finder feature that allows for specific jobs to be required for groups. That was a bad idea from the start, only serving to encourage elitists.

[Snugglebutt]

Maybe because we have to deal with shit like this...Someone just assuming because I am a bard, that I do shit DPS. I am a pretty good bard, my rotations while not perfect are decent and my gear ilvl was one of highest in the place (the place being bismarck EX). I covered most of his name to avoid shaming them. I have used a parser in the past on myself and my DPS has always been pretty good for the class, I know he was talking bullshit but us bards and machinists have to deal with this all the time.

[Ooshima]

Maybe because we have to deal with shit like this...Someone just assuming because I am a bard, that I do shit DPS. I am a pretty good bard, my rotations while not perfect are decent and my gear ilvl was one of highest in the place (the place being bismarck EX). I covered most of his name to avoid shaming them. I have used a parser in the past on myself and my DPS has always been pretty good for the class, I know he was talking bullshit but us bards and machinists have to deal with this all the time.

He is probably running a parser but doesn't want to admit to you in case you report him.

[Cakekizy]

He is probably running a parser but doesn't want to admit to you in case you report him.

But is it reportable if he was just supplying information they asked for?

[Ooshima]

But is it reportable if he was just supplying information they asked for?

Yes. Technically you can't mention it in game. SE's attitude towards it is if you don't say anything in game, I pretend I don't know.

Plus in that screenshot you can see that that guy was shitting on him and thus he asked him about how much DPS he dealt. Of course he would say he doesn't run a parser for if he said yes and that screenshot was forwarded to the GMs it is considered as using parser to harass another player, which will trigger an action from the GM.

He wasn't or if he was then he was lying about the DPS I was putting out.

I know for fact what he said was not true about my DPS. As I said, I have parsed myself in the past.

I don't know about your DPS output but refer to my reply above. In any case if he does admit he is pretty much in for a potential report to GM and gets an infraction.

[Sessurea]

But is it reportable if he was just supplying information they asked for?

Maybe though I never heard of someone getting banned for it.

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You don't have to be in doubt about your dps you know. While I can't tell you " download a parser" I can tell you to....take steps in order to have a good idea of your dps *wink*

Doing so was absolutely invaluable to me. I discovered I was doing way wayyyyyy ( way ) lower dps than I should have been. And on the otherhand, the guy might have been talking out his ass and u were doing amazing deeps. Only one way to know.

Edit: k nvm, seen ur 2nd post.

[Snugglebutt]

He is probably running a parser but doesn't want to admit to you in case you report him.

He wasn't or if he was then he was lying about the DPS I was putting out.

I know for fact what he said was not true about my DPS. As I said, I have parsed myself in the past.

[Hyunckel]

Maybe because we have to deal with shit like this...Someone just assuming because I am a bard, that I do shit DPS. I am a pretty good bard, my rotations while not perfect are decent and my gear ilvl was one of highest in the place (the place being bismarck EX). I covered most of his name to avoid shaming them. I have used a parser in the past on myself and my DPS has always been pretty good for the class, I know he was talking bullshit but us bards and machinists have to deal with this all the time.

Hey there, I can assure you that some BRD DO more damage than some shitty MNK/NIN/DRG...

But it's not that often tho. But when that happens, I always give my commendation to that BRD lol, OR if it's a MCH, especially if he didn't use his knockback all run lol

[Fatshine]

As I read all the replies, the OP's best and most repeated responses are things like "I don't see it like that, people are just sensitive, my friends joke about it". Clearly this person has no....what's the word...apathy? He sees it as because something doesn't affect ME, therefore it's okay to do. By that logic should I say "haha fags" to a gay couple I see in a train? It's just a joke that I say to my friends all the time..what's the big deal? Just no dude. Learn how to put yourself in others shoes. If you can't then I feel sorry for you.