DPS Parser - ToS Violation?

[darkvision]

You did mention that meters cannot parse skill, while you're somewhat correct, you're also quite wrong. No, you can't get a perfect indicator of skill through combat logs but a skilled (dps) player in an mmo can be generally defined by who can outdps the other players while taking the least amount of damage. Parsers determine both damage dealt and damage taken quite well. So while not a perfect picture of how "skilled" a player is, it's a pretty good indicator.

but can a parser tell you if:-

• people are standing in the right positions?
• causing wipes?
• dying for no reason?
• dealing with adds alone while rest of the other DD care too much about their DPS on the boss (not doing thier job properly)?
• facing mobs the right way (again a positioning thing)?
• using skills properly?
• communicating with the group about relevant information?
• plays intelligently?
• reacts to the situation?
• person spams the limit break?
• suffered from a lag spike?
• running into AoE fields?
• a person has more knowledge/experience than others?

the answer is NO

there is way too much a parser cannot tell you relating to skill. Skill is not just determined by how much you can DD and how less damage you can take. if that was the case then PLDs and WARs make the worst skill ever. all a parser can tell you is a person knows how to mash the buttons in the correct order etc