Just to start off, because I'm sure there will be a lot of complaints, but there are clerics who are BAD clerics and don't deserve to play this game because they are just THAT bad. I agree there are some that don't heal, that don't do EXACTLY what you want them to do, or don't follow you around and be your heal slave. But AS A CLERIC!! I think clerics get the most shit out of everyone else and need a break every once in awhile. It is because they are probably one of the most/if not the most important character in Fiesta. They give you higher mdef/def, increase your hp/sp, and pretty much sit there half the time and HEAL HEAL HEAL. Especially its even worse when someone complains and is like OMG TEH HEAL!! NOW!! HEAL ONLY ME!! I'm kind of sick of people always complaining about clerics ALL the time. How often do you hear someone saying something GOOD about a cleric?? never. Does anyone compliment a cleric for keeping them alive?? hardly. Because people believe that that is a cleric's 'job' and if they can't keep someone alive then they are worthless. Even if its not the clerics fault.
Heres a question for you: Why don't we complain about most other types of characters?
Fighters are probably the second most complained about character. So we complain about them not mocking or tanking 'correctly' as if we are the GOD of fighters and there is only one 'correct' way to be a fighter. And yet even then the fighters' still complain to the clerics about not doing their 'job' either!
So fighters' still get a lot of this anger too from other people but still not quite the same.
So what about Mages or Archers? I don't think I have ever heard anything bad about them OTHER than pulling too many enemies at once. And even THEN the clerics STILL get blamed for 'not healing' even though they died because they refused to stone/pot and heal couldn't keep up with how much damage they are receiving. Why can't we be like "wth mage, why don't you kill faster??" It's ALWAYS the clerics fault first no matter what and it's rarely someone elses.
Also on top of this, just speaking as any class. How often does anyone actually compliment someone on their playing skills? Sure you say 'ty' every once in awhile when someone revives you, gives you a buff, takes some enemies from you, kills some enemies that almost kill you, or even just dispels a status effect on you. But there are hardly any comments like "Woww your a great fighter/cleric/mage/archer!!" Sometimes its like "OMG that guy's hp is ridiculous!!" But still thats not really a compliment or even being nice to someone.
So this RANT is pretty much about me complaining about people complaining about people not doing their jobs. ESPECIALLY complaining about Clerics. AND not praising anyone when they actually do something that is 'acceptable' for the other player they are with.