Quote Originally Posted by Ryaz View Post
One thing I will say about this thread... I can definitely see why SE doesn't like parsers. People really do care only about numbers.
SE doesn't dislike parsers because people care about numbers. They're afraid of harassment and a certain incident in the JP community also lit that fire.

Also yes, people only care about numbers, because everything in a MMORPG is decided by numbers. Whether or not you get loot is decided by a number. Whether or not you survive an attack is decided by an equation of numbers. How much damage you do is decided by a number. Hell, whether or not you're able to gather something is also decided by a percentage, or a number.

This ridiculous notion that "numbers don't matter," when they decide absolutely everything aside from player skill is getting very annoying.