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

[Eidolon]

But your forum thing says your main is Conjurer... o.o"

Heh, relic from a past life :3 In 2.0/2.1 I was main-heals, White Mage and Scholar, but I wound up quitting the job altogether because of raid drama and static abuse when it came to T5 (Raiding, not fun on a healer when you get blamed even when you pull all the stops.)

After that, I switched to Warrior and Dragoon, though I also took to mastering the other jobs. :3 The only ones I'll say I'm not great at are Summoner and Monk, respectively. I suppose I should fix my Job description for the sake of continuity, but it just never really occured to me until you mentioned it. x3

@Ulyssess -
I'd never genuinly kick anyone. I've actually only ever kicked one Mechanist, and that was because they spammed LB the moment the bar was full to create that oh-so-grating "LB Activated" sound. Personally, if they gave it more than a few seconds, they'd probably realise it was light-hearted jab. And that's really why I find it so baffling.

[Ulyssess]

@Ulyssess -
I'd never genuinly kick anyone. I've actually only ever kicked one Mechanist, and that was because they spammed LB the moment the bar was full to create that oh-so-grating "LB Activated" sound. Personally, if they gave it more than a few seconds, they'd probably realise it was light-hearted jab. And that's really why I find it so baffling.

I understand what your saying and I don't mean you specifically when I refer to the kicks BRD/ MCH get, and of course there are always those types that deserved to be kicked out of stupidity. With that being said, all the BRDs and MCHs are already well aware of the class "under-performing" and adding insult to injury by making the "Ew Bard" comment doesn't help the case in the slightest.

I have run into the sarcastic comments on a daily basis, and I'm not bothered by it, but I can't speak for everyone in the community.

[seida]

"Oh hey guys, no worries, we have a dragoon to tank the floor for us."

Guess what, it's hard to tell tone through text. That sounds more like an obvious joke than just plain "Ew bard" - which frankly doesn't sound like a joke at all on it's own.

Context. You don't know these people, if it's a friend they're obviously going to know you're joking, but a random stanger? ESPECIALLY when brds and mchs are getting kicked simply for playing the job they like.

Maybe they had a bad day or had already been kicked from a party once. No need for "jokes" that probably no one except you is going to find funny.

[Ulyssess]

Just want to mention, as a BRD I haven't experienced any wait times longer than 10 minutes for any 3.0 dungeon. On top of that, I have been kicked 3 times in the last 12 hours, just for being a Bard, without the chance of proving my competence. So yeah Dragoon got the "loldrg" but were never outright kicked at the start of a run... And I would think the reaction was understandable, considering they would rather leave then have the possibility of being kicked and/or humiliated during the run.

[Ilitsa]

Easiest thing, OP would be to just keep it to yourself. I say the same thing about the drg jokes. People need to just relax on the shit flinging all around and enjoy the damn game.

[Heskett]

Bards are always welcome in my party! Machinists... not so much... not at all, actually. Please stay away.

[Derio]

They cant tell if you are joking or not. As for the MCH, even if your joking, they know how bad MCH is right now so its not really a joke but the truth.

[Khalithar]

I wouldn't comment on them like that either and I think in it's in bad taste OP. Mostly because I endured years of "loldrk." I know exactly how they feel.

[Adire]

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.