Parsers make you stupid

[Meya]

Parsers don't make better players, knowing your class inside and out does. Parser as a tool is good though but not if it causes people to start being dicks and ignoring mechanics just to get higher dps. Tunnel vision I think is top reason why raids wipe.

[Sakei]

Parsers don't make better players, knowing your class inside and out does. Parser as a tool is good though but not if it causes people to start being dicks and ignoring mechanics just to get higher dps. Tunnel vision I think is top reason why raids wipe.

The worst tank I ever saw had a great parse. It was in EQ2, I was healing and he was out dps'ing all of our dps. It was easy for him since his gear far exceeded everyone else since it was from the top raids at the time. He couldn't hold ago to save his life, literally. The dps couldn't obliterate the mobs in a normal dungeon pickup group like his raid guild buddies. So, the mobs were up long enough that he actually needed to use taunts and tank stance couldn't have hurt either. So, he topped the parse but kept causing everyone to die because of it. Thankfully, he left after only a few pulls.

[Meya]

The worst tank I ever saw had a great parse. It was in EQ2, I was healing and he was out dps'ing all of our dps. It was easy for him since his gear far exceeded everyone else since it was from the top raids at the time. He couldn't hold ago to save his life, literally. The dps couldn't obliterate the mobs in a normal dungeon pickup group like his raid guild buddies. So, the mobs were up long enough that he actually needed to use taunts and tank stance couldn't have hurt either. So, he topped the parse but kept causing everyone to die because of it. Thankfully, he left after only a few pulls.

A parser wouldn't helped in that :P however in EQ2 as a paladin in that game I could ignore tanking aspect and focus on just damage dealing. Not sure why that guy was doing it, maybe he wasn't actually built to tank? His AA could have been spent into the DD part of the tree. EQ2 has a lot more variety in their classes then this game has.