SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Mcshiggs]

What you are describing in your first paragraph is a player issue.

Have you not been playing XIV, I'm not saying what is right and wrong, I am saying this is how SE handles it. Everything from not being able to mail to our alts, to crafting not being a part of end game, it opens it up for RMT abuse, player issues, not issues with the system itself. SE has made it clear they want to avoid handing people information players can use to harass others. I believe that if parsers were to be implemented, some would use them properly, but I am sure that tons of people would use them the way SE doesn't want them to be used. Turn 7 seeking monk, must parse X dps or get kicked, that is what SE doesn't want, but that is what parsers would bring. You have to remember this is a business, saying they should put them in and just police how people use them would mean they would probably have to hire more GMs, or you could expect ticket times to go from hours to days. I am sure they have looked at this from every direction, and have their idea on how useful they would be versus how much wasted time for GMs and grief for players they would cause.

I have used parsers in other games I know how useful they can be, but I have also seen the community in this game, and have seen how hateful they can be, parsers would just add another flame for them to fan. Some parsers too, require multiple people to have to be completely accurate, if you are too far away, sometime this can be just on the other side of the room, from the person parsing, your numbers could come up low because their parser didn't pick up everything, and this helps bring in, not only you must parse X to get in my group, you must also have these addons to be welcome as well.