Quote Originally Posted by Kazumac View Post
You see, I think the alienation is already there. I don't think parsers will inherently affect that. It always will exist as people will put stipulations on who they are willing to group with. If you don't fit that condition you are alienated. The issue in its current form is that people only can use arbitrary conditions such as ilvl or achievement record to base this on. With a parser showing real I game performance it wouldn't be as arbitrary. And the people excluded would have more tools to know where they stand and how to improve.
But you have to use your example as a double edge sword. Having a parser like what pc players have will result in even more alienation, lets be honest. Like you said, right now we have it based on ilvl and achievement and even gil amounts. What do you think will actually happen once you start adding another set of numbers to judge people by? What needs to happen is that people that are calling for parser have to put their heads together and think of a way that gets them the parser and doesn't allow the player base to feel discriminated against/ picked on. Because believe it or not, if a majority of the casual players leave this game because of the few elites that are pushing for this, the game will fail. have to cater to the masses.