SE, can you please make a definitive statement on your stance on parsers?

[ghostx1984]

It's disingenuous that they have not come out and said what you just said. It's messed up that they haven't done anything to allow PS4 players the same advantages.

Disingenuous is about the nicest word i could come up with for the current situation I find myself in as a PS4 player who wants to do progression raiding and had been instantly turned down twice due to not having a parser. I believe I have found a group I can join now where they'll at least give me a shot but I still find myself very annoyed that they are letting such a huge double standard float.

I play games like this because they create an equal playing field. Everyone starts off on the same foot. It's not like life where some people are born with tremendous advantages. But seems here in ffxiv you need to be playing on a PC if you want to be playing at the highest level and that's just something i will have to accept.

I made the mistake of starting on Jenova and i'd say 90% of the playerbase on ps4s doesn't give a crap about raiding anyways. I think I may have found a group to join on another server who will accept me despite playing on a ps4 but i really wish square would do something about this "haves and have nots" situation.

I'd be at least satisfied with a damage meter.

You stand to lose alot more players who never learn to play their class properly than you do with people quitting because they suck. People can learn to play better if you give them the right tools and the right information. If you keep them ignorant they will never get better and then you will just end up having to design your raids to be cakewalks that the higher end groups find boring and too easy.