Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan94 View Post
Terrible comparisons
Lets not turn this into the gun debate or imply that parsers are tools designed specifically to inflict harm / act as a tool of self defense (as guns usually are).

A proper comparison to a parser would be a stopwatch, or a calculator. Both are inherently harmless tools that perform no function outside of quantifying data, they in no way shape or form can do any harm to another player even if used incorrectly.

Can they be read incorrectly? Sure.

Can players be jerks with them? Yep.

These are both community concerns, ones that are better left to the GMs to interpret and enforce.

The game should not suffer a lack of positive features because of a fear of players mistreating each other on the internet, as that can be said about nearly every single system in the game from Glamours and Dyes, to minions and job choices. The key difference being that content is being designed with performance in mind and players have no way of knowing what that level or performance is on an individual level.