Are we really getting a Dps parsing dummy?

[Fendred]

They're giving a dummy instead of a dedicated parser because
1. They are trying to keep the UI manageable. They simply don't have room to put the DPS parser anywhere on the current UI.
2. They do not want to turn this game into WoW 2.0 because WoW has been in decline for a while now.

Also, I'm advocating that they just throw the role out because its more trouble than its worth. You can't use it in role hybridization, the effectiveness of any given person is hidden within the sum of the group's total damage output, and players make ridiculous demands of DD due to ignorance of the specific job's stat and gear requirements, which are more complex than the tanks and healers. There isn't much point in arguing that DD X have internal release on his bar if the current raid set is almost entirely determination based, for instance.

I'm all for this if they also remove everything that damages anyone.

Let's just turn our raids into 10 minute long dummy parses. Fun!

Early WoW didn't have DD checks. Funny thing is that game took off like a rocket. WoW right now has DD checks and isn't doing all that well. Not that the correlation implies anything other than DD checks are irrelevant to the game being enjoyable.

[KaijinRhada]

Early WoW didn't have DD checks. Funny thing is that game took off like a rocket. WoW right now has DD checks and isn't doing all that well. Not that the correlation implies anything other than DD checks are irrelevant to the game being enjoyable.

Um, DPS checks in WoW have existed since Vanilla. Vaelestraz (albeit a light one), Patchwork in Vanilla Naxx... remember Brutalus in Sunwell with BC? That's still quite early.