Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
A massive amount of your personal dps at any given time is not down to you but down to the rest of your group.. in order to make any sense of your dps you need to understand where it came from and why it is what it is.
And a good parser should tell you where it came from. It should tell you all the damage you do (both damage you do directly and that you do by buffing other players' attacks). It should tell you everything that affects that damage, including splitting out what portion you're fully responsible for and what portion you only got because of someone else's buffs/debuffs.

That doesn't mean it has to tell you about other damage you're not even involved in.

All of these should be listed:
  • You got X amount of damage directly
  • You added Y amount of damage to other players' attacks with your buffs/debuffs
  • You got Z amount of additional damage due to buffs/debuffs from other players
  • The damage you were involved in was: (X+Y+Z)
  • Your total damage contribution was: (X+Y)

But what should not be included is:
  • Teammate So-and-So got W amount of damage