(12-05-2014, 02:29 PM)Berrod Armstrong Wrote:(12-05-2014, 02:11 PM)OttoVann Wrote: My personal theory as to why people aren't favorites of Dragoons in RP is because they are bona-fide and verified badasses, especially compared to the other jobs.Pssst, there's a quest in Coerthas where you have to go rescue a bunch of whiny Dragoons in Whitebrim. They're just as diverse as any other job/class/group. There's the elite, and there's the babbus. The hardcore isn't so much in their 'nature' as it is in the way we the fans raise them up.
How many jobs in game, especially the melee dps ones are just as hardcore as dragoons? Â Dragoons by nature are elite. Â They're not just strong berserkers, they're not just naruto ninjutsu masters, and they do more than channel aether like Brock Lee does and punch shit hard. Â They're the definition of martialed, what I can equate to Delta Force. Â They literally kill dragons and they live for it, how many monks punch dragons to death and how many ninjas cut a dragon 1000 times to kill it? Â How many warriors swing an axe hard enough to kill a dragon (in fact we see in the Heavensward trailer the derp-master giving up his warrior ways to be a Dragoon).
There could be an argument for BlackMages being just as 'powerful' as dragoons because they also straight bring the boom.
In short Dragoons by  their nature are hardcore.  Not all jobs have this background, and thus people want to discount them outright (at least subconsciously)  because the job feels way stronger than they are (and its very possibly true depending on your take on lore).
Believe it.
While this is true, there is also the fact that the job description is indeed everything I said. How individuals drum it up is one thing, how the job is broadcast is another.
