(11-29-2014, 05:30 AM)mantraofyosuga Wrote: I've just recently been informed that being a dragoon is "special snowflake" "gary stu/mary sue".
Is it strange that a character could possibly work with all he had to become said Dragoon? Why is it not strange that there are monks, scholars, white mages, etc, jobs that do not even exist anymore, are running around?
I have never once run around with an air of superiority as a Dragoon. In fact, it is never even really mentioned. But for some reason, you're automatically deemed "special snowflake" for something your character suffered to become but is instantly regretful of doing so.
I'm not sure how I should word this, I just don't understand why with every miqo'te running around as a Nunh and a million sultansworn and undercover Garleans, that being a Dragoon is such an awful thing.
I guess this post is really me complaining, but I would like an answer or opinion.
I have never encountered a particular stigma about dragoons that weren't equally held toward other jobs that people lay claim to. Personally I have no real problem with people playing what they want but as I mentioned in another topic not too long ago, it's a little off-putting that people want to play job roles that are meant to be exclusive or limited to very few or worse, "one person in the world/Eorzea" just to make their character sound a little better when in reality the class that builds into that job is perfectly fine and still capable of great and powerful feats. People like to assume that "normal" classes are for your every day Joe and that they need the novelty of a job title to really be that elite kind of warrior.
That kind of thing is perfectly fine for RP done in a clique but when you choose job classes like that and want to RP with many new and random people then you really need to ask yourself why the job title is so important to you that you must put up all of these obstacles between you and your RP that only may serve to bother people.
Dragoon, however, is probably one of those more open jobs but you should really consider the apparent lore around it as Faye suggested. Azure dragoon is the real area that you ought to be cautious of however.
(Also, you'll likely see a LOT of nuhns that aren't even RP'ers but still stick with the naming conventions. Anyways, that's a topic in itself since many people like to treat that situation as something of a privilege more than a duty and as though female, tribal seekers are not beings that have their own decisions to make when it comes to if they want to breed with the particular nuhn and when they are ready to stop being an avid huntress and start being a mother *shrugs*)
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