The Real Problem with Parsers

[spelley]

They'd just nerf it eventually, when everyone complains its too difficult - a la Amdapor keep Demon Wall. Man I loved that fight back in 2.0, it'd actually make DF groups disband because they couldn't even complete it. A pretty neat suggestion I saw someone write one time was have an encounter warp the dps to their own quadrant and give them an "ifrit nail" they need to dps down or else that dps would die. It'd very clearly show who needs some work, without a parser.

The reason it was nerfed in the first place was because by the time Ampador came around you were barely exposed to DPS checks at all. If they made it more of a regular/expected thing, people would change accordingly.

[Elazu]

The reason it was nerfed in the first place was because by the time Ampador came around you were barely exposed to DPS checks at all. If they made it more of a regular/expected thing, people would change accordingly.

You're giving people way too much credit.

I also like how the meaning of 'elitist' has been distorted and seems to just mean 'someone who is capable' on here...

[Aiselia]

I also like how the meaning of 'elitist' has been distorted and seems to just mean 'someone who is capable' on here...

Seemingly only among the people who think that anyone using the word "elitist" is broadly talking about everyone who's capable, rather than considering that they may just literally mean elitists.