SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Elven]

I hope those hunt cheats spread the word they've been banned.

[Tashigi]

I hope those hunt cheats spread the word they've been banned.

No offense, but if people think radar actually has a significant impact on Hunts, they'll be quite upset upon learning of the real issues with Hunts.
Also, while it is known/obvious what SE stance is on third party mods, parsers help more than harm you, if used properly.

I'm pro modding, in case you couldn't tell.
Mods extend the life of any game. MMO or not.

[Elven]

No offense, but if people think radar actually has a significant impact on Hunts, they'll be quite upset upon learning of the real issues with Hunts.
Also, while it is known/obvious what SE stance is on third party mods, parsers help more than harm you, if used properly.

I'm pro modding, in case you couldn't tell.
Mods extend the life of any game. MMO or not.

So does a game shark but we all know what that does to a game right?

[Taban]

So does a game shark but we all know what that does to a game right?

It's sad if you think parsers and game sharks are at all similar to each other (also do they even make game sharks anymore?)

[Kayo]

if used properly.

^Keywords.

[Elven]

^Keywords.

No such thing when mods and tools are designed to break a game. It's just an excuse

[Tashigi]

No such thing when mods and tools are designed to break a game. It's just an excuse.

You are labeling all mods, including quality of life mods, as the same.
I can't take you seriously at this point.

[Elven]

You are labeling all mods, including quality of life mods, as the same.
I can't take you seriously at this point.

Just don't do it PS3/PS4 players don't or can't what's hard to get about this? Just don't try and justify it.

[Taban]

Just don't do it PS3/PS4 players don't or can't what's hard to get about this? Just don't try and justify it.

So are you against teamspeak/vent/etc as well since ps3's can't run those? o.O

[Krr]

The most 'difinitive' statement 'yet'? The fact that you can get banned for using a parser is news so old it remembers what this game was like when the hardmode Primals actually gave what people considered weapon upgrades.

Officially, do not use a parser. Officially also, however, Square-enix will not violate your user privacy to scan your computer for 'illegal programs' and detects cheating by applications that send data rather than the fact that they read what the client already knows. So, the only way to get caught using a parser is if you're completely transparent about your need to judge someone else by a number attached to their character.

The material effect of the 'no parser' ruling and the methods used to enforce it is that players are unable to mandate their use for participation, and use them as open judgement tools or ways to overtly harass others.

Unofficially: People are using parsers because Square gives us terrible, terrible ways to monitor our DPS performance in any metric other than 'enrage timer didn't go off'. This makes it extremely difficult to engage in any meaningful self improvement, much less research potential good priorities or rotations or rules of thumb without vague and opaque wishy-washy theorycraft, especially with the opacity of many game mechanics.

A good example: I *still* meet Dragoons who do t6 and beyond and have several pieces of High Allagan and think that they should skip Chaos Thrust as long as someone else is applying Disembowel, because the net potency of DoTs and their mechanics in general aren't explained properly ingame.