The issue nobody wants to address

[Whiteroom]

If only this behaviour wasn't also directed against people still levelling and learning the game, I'd agree with you completely.

I've never said I'm against parsers, but it does worry me a little that it might put more focus on competing against your team members instead of cooperating with them to take down the boss in front of you. Especially since I'm a bit leery when it comes to new features in FFXIV... *coughhuntscough*

(I'm also not that happy about this increased focus on DPS checks... I'd much prefer difficulty to be raised through mechanics than through sheer DPS.)

I would counter that these issues already exist, regardless of parser use. And that the parser is not the cause of them. When you get down to it, people already abuse people, is it really that bad if they can add a number to that abuse, while on the flip side, people who are unaware of their poor performance, or just how poor it is, will have the ability to see roughly where they stand.