I'm confused about Yoshi-P's thoughts on dps-check programs.

[Adire]

Not the case in The Secret World Orspeth. Players in that that I've seen mostly use parsers as "self-improvement tools" of sorts and to share advice by finding problems. The community there is much more mature than the typical MMO though.

That being said, parsers can be used to shame people. But they can also be used to help people improve their play, which is very important in a game with many dps checks such as this one.

People really just need thicker skin and a drive to improve their play, and people need to be more mature and use parsers positively. That's up to the community to do though, and I do not trust this game's community to do any of those things, so I can't really blame SE for taking the safe route.

[Orspeth]

Not the case in The Secret World Orspeth. Players in that that I've seen mostly use parsers as "self-improvement tools" of sorts and to share advice by finding problems. The community there is much more mature than the typical MMO though.

I can't say about Secret World - I've only played it briefly - very neat looking game! In Wow though, meters encouraged horrible behavior. I played Lotro for 6 or 7 years though, no meters in that game, but things still died in a timely fashion. I would hate for this game to get parsers, for fear of what it might do. Such a thing should definitely only show ones own numbers - and no others.

[Massterchef]

I can't say about Secret World - I've only played it briefly - very neat looking game! In Wow though, meters encouraged horrible behavior. I played Lotro for 6 or 7 years though, no meters in that game, but things still died in a timely fashion. I would hate for this game to get parsers, for fear of what it might do. Such a thing should definitely only show ones own numbers - and no others.

There were multiple parsing addons in lotro. How you played 6-7 years without knowing they existed is mind boggling. Considering things died in a timely manner, that would suggest noone griefed you for pulling lower #'s despite parsing so what was your point again about a tool used for information encouraging "bad behavior"?