In Game DPS Meter

[kukurumei]

This is a false assumption. No, this isn't to be the best. As an example I'll use Turn 8. You don't need to be number 1 in the world but you do need very, very good DPS. Without some way to specifically see how you and you alone are doing you may end up in a situation where you're doing good damage but not good enough. Turn 8 is an extreme DPS check. So much so that the overall team damage required to win is outrageously high. I don't need to have the best DPS in the world but I do need to have extremely good DPS just to beat this content. This isn't about being Elite. This isn't about being #1. This is about knowing I can bring the DPS to the party that is absolutely hard enrage required to win. This isn't a situation where it's all "just about having fun" as the content itself requires this level of damage. We are simply players responding to the requirements of the game.

This is not at all about being Elite.

I love how people try to use T8 to pull a straw man.

T8 isn't about parses. It's about optimization and teamwork. Parsing isn't going to do T8 people much good. Their ability to do the mechanics naturally leads them to parse high in that fight and win.

You can pretty much say if you fail T8, it's totally not about scoring low on parsing but you're parsing lower as a result for failing T8.

T8 maybe a big fat training dummy, but it still has mechanics.

So much strawman worthy of elitism.