Parser / Dps Meter!

[Hayward]

As far as I'm concerned, S-E would lose me as a paying customer if parsers EVER became an official part of this game. It's bad enough that these so-called "pro" gamers feel the need to outdo everyone by .01% using Windower gear change macros or label entire jobs as "useless" because "The parser said so". I can only imagine what these egomaniacs would do if they could see other people's stats. I'd be surprised if GMs didn't go on strike because of the skyrocketing call volume that would ensue.

Any tool that can be used for exclusionary purposes doesn't need to exist at all, much less officially. Get it out and let people play the game for the game's own sake.

[Catsby]

As far as I'm concerned, S-E would lose me as a paying customer if parsers EVER became an official part of this game. It's bad enough that these so-called "pro" gamers feel the need to outdo everyone by .01% using Windower gear change macros or label entire jobs as "useless" because "The parser said so". I can only imagine what these egomaniacs would do if they could see other people's stats. I'd be surprised if GMs didn't go on strike because of the skyrocketing call volume that would ensue.

Any tool that can be used for exclusionary purposes doesn't need to exist at all, much less officially. Get it out and let people play the game for the game's own sake.

You think too highly about yourself and you have a poor understanding of why people want a parser. People already have a fairly good idea of what their party metrics would look like but a parser would provide a more accurate measurement to improve themselves. It's a tool not a high score table but can easily double as one (game already has a couple of those). I don't think people call GMs over BCNM clear times, titles or membership to certain linkshells...

[Rhianu]

I gotta agree with Catsby here. A parser is used as a measurement tool for people to improve themselves, not as a rod to beat down others who aren't preforming as well.

This is especially true over differences as small as 0.01%, which is a difference no one ever actually gets berated over, anyway. If anyone gets berated at all, it would be the guy who's doing 90-95% less, not the guy who's doing 0.01% less.

Anyone who's ever actually used a parser would already know and understand this.

[Laraul]

I don't understand. You people do know you can scroll back thru the log and see how much damage you did. You people most likely are capable of arithmetic. Get your self a stop-watch and there you go.

If you aren't willing to do this... then DPS must not be that important.