The Real Problem with Parsers

[Stupiduglytaru]

I had a case the other day in DD, pulls were taking ages to die. I noticed the blm was single AF building then using transpose, I politely pointed out he should use fire III then fire II and finish up with a blizzard III. The healer immediately responses with "your just being a dick, I'm sure he knows the basics.

I responded " I have been watching his casts to see why things aren't dieing" to which I was called a stalker lel

The blm mentioned he was highest dps (second dps was a ninja not following positinals) I had a little chuckle to myself.

Even with a parser it won't make you a better player but I'm sure once he comes across another blm and sees the major dps difference he will realise hes doing it wrong.

[RiceisNice]

I had a case the other day in DD, pulls were taking ages to die. I noticed the blm was single AF building then using transpose, I politely pointed out he should use fire III then fire II and finish up with a blizzard III. The healer immediately responses with "your just being a dick, I'm sure he knows the basics.

In this situation it would've been nice to quantify numbers to prove your point. It's an example of where regardless of having a parser (the BLM comparing himself to a NIN, both being subpar) or not (the blm is never keeps AF), you can still tell people are playing less than ideal and it won't stop them (or their perception of others) being a douche.


On a side note, I ran into a BLM last night that would never keep AF either. Would always do fire II to drop UI stacks, then blizzard x2 to get UI2, and fire II. On a single target. Not responsive either and would always follow closely to the healer, so the rest of us in the party assumed he was a bot and got removed around the second boss.