Just realized something: FFXIV is a terrible DPS player's DREAM come true...

[Miste]

For PUGs and the general population, parsers are nothing but ePeen waving and a reason to put down other people.

I think you might be surprised how many times you've DF with someone using a parser and you would never know they were using one.

You aren't allowed to say anything anyway so no one does; so how do people accomplish "putting down" other people? I mean yeah they can see if someone is severely underperforming, but vocalizing it by harassing someone for their numbers ain't worth getting banned over because you can report people for harassing others with parser data.

A lot of people simply use them to keep track of their own performance and to try to improve themselves.