Would you like an in-game parser?

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I guess I could have been more direct. I found your choice of words to describe an entire group of people to be rather prejudicial and rude, which is hypocritical given the meaning of your post.

I did not say every person who uses a parser is a "metermaid". I've used parsers myself in other games. Unfortunately far too many people take what should be a useful tool for personal betterment and use it as a weapon to berate others and/or prop up their own self-esteem. This is likely why SE decided against a parser in the first place. I'm not being hypocritical, prejudicial, or even (in my opinion) rude. Perhaps a bit cynical sure, but ultimately, at least from my own experiences in other games, I'm not wrong about ffxiv being better for not having metermaids waving their epeens all over chat and I see nothing wrong with that statement. Who you personally define as a "metermaid" is not for me to decide.

[Kaurie]

I did not say every person who uses a parser is a "metermaid". I've used parsers myself in other games. Unfortunately far too many people take what should be a useful tool for personal betterment and use it as a weapon to berate others and/or prop up their own self-esteem. I'm not being hypocritical, prejudicial, or even (in my opinion) rude. Perhaps a bit cynical sure, but ultimately, at least from my own experiences in other games, I'm not wrong about ffxiv being better for not having metermaids waving their epeens all over chat and I see nothing wrong with that statement. Who you personally define as a "metermaid" is not for me to decide.

I see, I guess I misunderstood and assumed you were classifying anyone who cares about a parser to be a 'metermaid'. I feel that your argument would go a lot further if you used more respectful language though.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I see, I guess I misunderstood and assumed you were classifying anyone who cares about a parser to be a 'metermaid'. I feel that your argument would go a lot further if you used more respectful language though.

I suppose I can understand where you are coming from. I'm older, a bit jaded, and a bit cynical from gaming over multiple decades, so I have some "baggage", as it were, which colors my view of things in games and thus affects my response to certain topics. I do apologize if my choice of words did not sit well with you.