Quote Originally Posted by Hayward View Post
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...