In-Game Parser.

[Hayward]

Yoshi-P does know his audience, and he knows there are plenty of crybabies who would be pretty upset when they find out that they are, in fact, bad at their job and would be getting kicked for now obviously holding a group back. And instead of getting better, they would just quit the game and go play something more friendly, like Farmville. Though I think the devs were surprised to learn how bad some players are, given how hard they had to nerf SCoB.

This quote alone makes the case against party-wide parsers. We know good and well people like you will litter the elitist forums with the parses of players you and your kind deem "subpar" (You guys did it in FFXI. What makes you think you won't do any different here?).

[Kazumac]

This quote alone makes the case against party-wide parsers. We know good and well people like you will litter the elitist forums with the parses of players you and your kind deem "subpar" (You guys did it in FFXI. What makes you think you won't do any different here?).

I believe calling people out by name is not allowed on these forums. So that would stop people from naming and shaming. Likewise in game it could be construed as harrassment if done as a naming and shaming attempt.

[Dwill]

This quote alone makes the case against party-wide parsers. We know good and well people like you will litter the elitist forums with the parses of players you and your kind deem "subpar" (You guys did it in FFXI. What makes you think you won't do any different here?).

That's fear-mongering at its finest. In 6 years of FFXI, I can count on one hand the amount of time it happened and when it did, it was because the person was bringing down the group to a degree where going with one less was an improvement. Parsing is already widespread in this game anyway that chances are much more likely that any content you do with a group of people, someone in said group is already parsing. Most people against parsers are people who are mostly ignorant to how they really work, willingly know they aren't performing even decently or the I play how I want even if that means bringing the group down mentality which in itself is a pretty selfish thing to do.

I do find games without them to have a much more uninformed player base though and that is something I do not like (purely because they lack the tools to be informed).

Extremely true. A lot of players in this game could easily get better if the anti-parsing crowd would stop spreading ignorance and fear mongering.