The issue nobody wants to address

[Jynx]

A Personal parser on the training dummy would give players all the tools they need to tweak and refine their skillset without requiring unwanted "Coaching" from outside parties. If they are going to implement it in a party situation to be fair it would need to be a party finder setting making is easy to see that you are opting in for a parse in a local server setting and not with random people you will never see again. (Not duty finder you would fragment the player pool on both ends, note everyone who doesn't want to be parsed is a slackjawed DPS).

But seriously a training dummy is all people require to have the tools to improve themselves. I get that PS4 players don't have access to parsers like PC players do and that's why a training dummy would be the best option it's personal, private, it's something anyone can access in a pressure free environment.

[Sirius-Khan]

Training dummy parse would be a nice addition. You would think the dummys@the wolf's den would give us a parse being that it's implemented in that part of the game.

[Whiteroom]

But seriously a training dummy is all people require to have the tools to improve themselves. I get that PS4 players don't have access to parsers like PC players do and that's why a training dummy would be the best option it's personal, private, it's something anyone can access in a pressure free environment.

Training dummies are a small step in the right direction. They allow a single person to test on a single target, in a situation you never really run into in an actual instance. But right now, I for example, am leveli g SMN, an AOE class. It doesn't do a ton for me. Also dummies are all for theory, best for teaching yourself a rotation down to muscle memory once you pick one.


Because of this, and because of the lack of ability to compare to others in a real action scenario, it severly cripples the effectiveness of it. As I have stated before in this thread, I myself thrive when I run into a player of the same class, in similar gear, out preforming me.

Not that I think individual stories are great, but I've seen all these "this one time I ran into an a-hole that I think was parsing" stories, so I'll tell a flip side.

Somewhat recently, a couple people in my FC started parsing themselves in secret. Before this, you could tell they weren't performing greatly, and it showed in their confidence. Both in to joining when asked to come along, and their interactions. Since then, they have become some of our strongest members and there is a noticable improvement in thier confidence in game. It makes me happy to see this from them.

Not saying everyone flourishes with them, but not everyone performing poorly is some kind of a disabled, or troll who is incapible of improving.