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Never Live It Down misuse? Videogame

I found this in YMMV.Final Fantasy XIV

• Never Live It Down:
  • Dragoons being weak (that is, easily killed), carrying over their glorious reputation from Final Fantasy XI.^note Due to the fact that Dragoons in XI had pet Wyverns, their attack power was low to keep them balanced. Problem was that in endgame content, the Wyverns tended to die quickly, leaving Dragoons to rely on solely on their own low attack power. In the original version of XIV, their signature jump attacks had an animation lock that left them vulnerable to attacks. But while this was fixed in ARR, the damage was already done. This, as well as being considered overshadowed by the other melee classes (since Dragoons lack in utility and suffer from a lower than average magical defense, whereas every end-game fight deals a lot of magical damages) has gotten to the point where players have requested a buff for the job. To address the issues, numerous patches enhanced the Dragoon, reducing their animation lock, increasing significantly their magical defense and making one move less dependant on player's position, making them easier to play overall.

This seems more like a misplaced Tier Induced Scrappy or Memetic Loser entry,^note In fact, if you relabeled this entry under either of those tropes, you couldn't tell it was originally placed under NLID and doesn't explain how fans exaggerate the class's weaknesses and disregard its strengths. I also don't know if this talking about 1.0 or ARR in the last sentence, since the note already mentioned ARR reducing the animation lock for Dragoons.

Also, Sarcasm Mode pothole.