Quote Originally Posted by Musashidon View Post
it's not at all a plea against them, i personally love the aoe warning. it lets me be lazy and not remember aoe's

i am not against add on's or parsers. but you can't openly state they aren't hand holding that's their job to hold your hand and make things easy.
Yes, I can state that. Because it's clear you have no idea what a parser is or what a parser does.

What a parser DOES:

- Collects data from a file (Usually a combat log) and parses it into easily identifiable numbers
- Displays those numbers based on encounters and individuals, usually in an average (DPS) or total (Damage Done)

What a parser does NOT do:

- Tell you how to play your class
- Move you out of AOEs
- Tell you about boss mechanics
- Tell you your rotation
- Advises you how to gear
- Make you mean-spirited
- Give you any sort of in-game advantage

You learn MORE about all of those things from community guides and videos. Arguing that parsers somehow 'hold your hand' when they do absolutely nothing but display data in a hard number is ignorant. You would have to argue that everyone looking up guides and watching videos is also having their hand held, and that's just plain stupid.