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

[Mhikail]

I would, if you're being a jerk. They can't tell if you're joking or not...Because they know they are in a tight spot right now and saying crap like that gets to people.
MCH is in a horrible spot right now. They probably don't wanna feel like a burden or have a bad time with negative attitudes. Sooo...yea.
If people say "EW AST" to me, I'd feel awful.
Lord let them be saved.

[Lewtskie]

I would, if you're being a jerk. They can't tell if you're joking or not...Because they know they are in a tight spot right now and saying crap like that gets to people.
MCH is in a horrible spot right now. They probably don't wanna feel like a burden or have a bad time with negative attitudes. Sooo...yea.

As a bard, "Ew Bard" is like adding fuel to the fire right now because we are in need of serious fixes. Machinist is likely no different.
So I can understand their wish to not deal with the drama, even if it was intended as a joke.

These two pretty much nailed it. There's no way of taking "Ew Bard" as sarcastic or 'just a joke' when you're just some random they stuck in with. How exactly are they to know that they weren't in for a veritable shit storm of berating?

Gonna crack jokes like these gotta be smarter about it. Use better phrasing, put a :V or <kappa> next to or following it. Something that isn't so flat.

[Arrik]

I would, if you're being a jerk. They can't tell if you're joking or not...Because they know they are in a tight spot right now and saying crap like that gets to people.
MCH is in a horrible spot right now. They probably don't wanna feel like a burden or have a bad time with negative attitudes. Sooo...yea.
If people say "EW AST" to me, I'd feel awful.
Lord let them be saved.

This.

@OP It's not so much that you said one lousy joke (if you were joking, hard to tell online), it's more I don't want to hear it the whole dungeon, or get kicked halfway through the run because we fail once for whatever reason. It's like the Aery run I had the other day on MCH, BLM was red-dotting all over the place but it was somehow my fault the dps was low. When the blm finally dc'ed, the tank vote kicked him and left. That's my time wasted....

[Lunar-Templar]

MCH is in a horrible spot right now. They probably don't wanna feel like a burden or have a bad time with negative attitudes. Sooo...yea.
If people say "EW AST" to me, I'd feel awful.
Lord let them be saved.

I wouldn't say Astrologians are well off atm ether. I was in Amdapor hard the other day, and we wiped a couple times at Ferdiad. Partly due to the party has a whole not remembering the bosses (I love those party's btw, there are zero fucks given, which makes things so much more fun XD) but also due to the Astrologian not being able to keep up with the damage the boss was doing. We managed to finish after the Astrologian left, and we gotta White mage, and finished with out any concern of failure.

still not sure why he left though, we where discussing boss mechanics at the time, nothing about him needing to heal more.

it's happened a few other times in other dungeons as well. So ether I'm a worse tank then I thought or they need a buff.

[Lilyanna]

but also due to the Astrologian not being able to keep up with the damage the boss was doing. We managed to finish after the Astrologian left, and we gotta White mage, and finished with out any concern of failure.

Had no problems in AK HM eariler today on my AST, I even did some DPSin' alittle bit. I've also speed run/mass pulls of CC/DD/AV (lvl Sync'ed) and have done most of the older DF's as speed runs too.

I have had people in my FC comment on bad AST's ... but I feel I do just fine with it and rarely have problems with wipes caused by lack of heals.

[Eidolon]

Had no problems in AK HM eariler today on my AST, I even did some DPSin' alittle bit. I've also speed run/mass pulls of CC/DD/AV (lvl Sync'ed) and have done most of the older DF's as speed runs too.

I have had people in my FC comment on bad AST's ... but I feel I do just fine with it and rarely have problems with wipes caused by lack of heals.

You can really tell the good AST's from the bad AST's based on how they handle their buffs and healing. I think Stance also affects it a little, but I'm not sure which of the two is stronger.

All I know is, Library, I've run with a Warrior tank, and on one of the runs had an AST with the audacity to say "Warrior can't handle this pull"... when we could easily handle it with a good WHM or SCH. It was pretty amusing to watch them try to blame it on being a Warrior.

I think good AST's are great and will really prove themselves in time. 'sides, they give me red cards for days.

[Lilyanna]

You can really tell the good AST's from the bad AST's based on how they handle their buffs and healing. I think Stance also affects it a little, but I'm not sure which of the two is stronger.

The Stance depends on the fight I think, I've often switched back and forth between trash and bosses, depending on what I know about the boss and what I think would handle better if S*** hit the fan. The cards are by far the most RNG part, but I do not try to rely on them as if they are life or death, I use them as an extra boost to a fight instead of something I need in order to keep it together.

[Lunar-Templar]

Had no problems in AK HM eariler today on my AST, I even did some DPSin' alittle bit. I've also speed run/mass pulls of CC/DD/AV (lvl Sync'ed) and have done most of the older DF's as speed runs too.

I have had people in my FC comment on bad AST's ... but I feel I do just fine with it and rarely have problems with wipes caused by lack of heals.

I donno what the deal was, I just know when we got to the last boss he had issues keeping up with the damage, and the issue went away when he did :/ Do mind that I don't dislike Astrologians. It's probably the healer class I'm a work up to 60, and I'm DPS/TankDPS4Life, but there have been times I've found them to be under powered for the task at hand, and I find that concerning for a new class, especially an interesting one like Astrologian, or Dark Knight which I've been since early access. I love it, though there are times it feels a bit weak ...