The issue nobody wants to address

[Kosmos992k]

Well if there was a parser, they wouldn't be shown their numbers by anyone, they are just there for all to see. So its not like they could be angry like now when people comit the ultimate taboo and say a number. Their numbers would be there, every run, there would be no denying anything. If someone sees they are doing less than the tank or healer and knows the whole group can see it to...

I strongly doubt that any in-game parsing tool suppled or approved by SE will be anything beyond a personal parser. Just putting everyone's numbers out there is a straight up invitation to at the very least unhealthy peer pressure andvat worst outright abuse. This (abuse ranging from unhealthy peer pressure thru outright abuse) is something that Yoshi has explicitly said they do not want in their game.

Some posting to this topic see only what they consider the positive side of things as far as parsers are concerned, and treat them like some kind of silver bullet. Others see parsers an nothing but tools of abuse, and consider them poison. The truth is they are nothing but a tool and how they are used depends on both the user and how those challenged by parser data React. There is such a fine line there between positive and negative. Some agree that parsing has more of a place in end-game content with dps checks vs general 4-man content where it's more limited.

However, the biggest theme in response seems to me to be ignoring the potential downside and it's impact on the community.