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

[Eidolon]

Question, OP: Why should the people who are the butt of your joke have to make the effort to find out whether you're being serious or not, when YOU have the choice to simply not make the stupid comment in the first place? They're the ones who have to hear this nonsense all day long, not you. You're just adding fuel to the fire, so you should be the one accepting responsibility, not them.

Because weather or not they stay with the party is an inconsequential matter to me. If they choose to eat a 30 minute debuff timer + Que time because they decided to get their panties in a twist, well... That's unfortuante for them, but not really a thing that bothers me at all. They'll be replaced in sub-2minutes time with a DPS who doesn't bawl at the slightest poke.

[SpiritMuse]

Because weather or not they stay with the party is an inconsequential matter to me. If they choose to eat a 30 minute debuff timer + Que time because they decided to get their panties in a twist, well... That's unfortuante for them, but not really a thing that bothers me at all. They'll be replaced in sub-2minutes time with a DPS who doesn't bawl at the slightest poke.

Dude seriously? What is happening now to bards and machinists isn't "the slightest poke". They're being ridiculed, insulted, harassed and kicked from dungeons simply for being the job they are. And then you come in with your "joke" of "ew bard", which to the bard says "yes I am another one of those assholes who will insult and harass and probably kick you just for being a bard". Can't blame them for leaving and taking the penalty rather than having to deal with that.

[Lemuria]

Can't blame them for leaving and taking the penalty rather than having to deal with that.

Why can't I like your post 500 times? You've succinctly explained everything I wanted to say in one neat little sentence. You magnificent person you. Ahem... but yes, I'd sooner eat a penalty than deal with a horrible player myself. Jokes are supposed to be funny, what he said was not.

[Eidolon]

Why can't I like your post 500 times? You've succinctly explained everything I wanted to say in one neat little sentence. You magnificent person you. Ahem... but yes, I'd sooner eat a penalty than deal with a horrible player myself. Jokes are supposed to be funny, what he said was not.

eh, different humors for different folks in my book. XD I have friends that chuckle at it too. In my book, people are just too sensitive. I do appreciate a bit of the better understanding for that sensitivity, though, but I doubt I'll change my typing style. <_<

[saber_alter]

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self-depreciating humor is always better than something that can be taken as an insult. it's pretty much impossible to be too sensitive in the community we have, most of us have no qualms about dropping joking insults on the fly. It's more so that people no longer feel interested in giving someone who wishes to use a depreciating comment as a first impression the time of day.


honestly i don't like the 'eww bard' comment at all, and i don't even main bard. the hefty damage nerf they got was out of their control, and their utility (as well as machanist's limited utility) still make them quite useful. i have never ran in a raid group without a bard, and regardless of their gimped damage i doubt that will change.

[ihatevnecks]

Because weather or not they stay with the party is an inconsequential matter to me. If they choose to eat a 30 minute debuff timer + Que time because they decided to get their panties in a twist, well... That's unfortuante for them, but not really a thing that bothers me at all. They'll be replaced in sub-2minutes time with a DPS who doesn't bawl at the slightest poke.

It bothers you so little that you have to continue your dickish behavior by making a forum post about it, further insisting how you're not the one at fault here and it's all on them. Right.