Quote Originally Posted by MomomiMomi View Post
But if you don't have that number, you won't know that you need to make it higher. A lot of people think they're good, only to enter a raid with someone parsing them and find out, to their horror, they're doing 50% of the dps they should be.

That's the point where a lot of players have to not just try to do a little better, but completely re-examine what they're doing wrong.

Others are not quite as extreme. They think they're reached their peak, and they're good, but they compare to someone else's parse and find there's still room to improve. Or they try doing something slightly different and see if their dps goes up.

I'm sure most people who actually care to improve would improve with a parser.
Your second statement proves exactly why a parser doesn't help, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE WRONG. The software is only going to give you a number, it doesn't tell you the rotation, it doesn't tell you the mechanical aspects of a fight, and it doesn't account for raid synergy. I'm completely down with anyone wanting to improve, even I know I can do better, but a parser isn't going to help me improve in every aspect of this game, its not going to give me detailed tips on a class, or understand boss fights. There is 3 areas one needs to be good at in order to succeed in this game, their rotation, fight knowledge, and communication, and guess which two are not able to be increased with a parser, and happen to be the more important of the three areas of success.