Built-in Parsers

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Does FFXIV have an issue where people look on the outside like they can do an instance fine but in reality are just able to hide their ineptitude?

Absolutely. Chief among them were DPS unable or unwilling to perform a proper rotation, which is the bulk of their damage. For instance, I had a Monk in V2S do nothing except Dragon Kick, Twin Snakes and Rockbreaker. Not only does Monk have two combos it needs to cycle, but Rockbreaker is an AoE and V2S has no additional targets except the boss. His numbers were nearly 50% less than a comparably geared Monk. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to notice these things since most players typically aren't pay attention to the rotations and skill usage of others unless it directly relates to their damage.

[Baingoleth]

Absolutely. Chief among them were DPS unable or unwilling to perform a proper rotation, which is the bulk of their damage. For instance, I had a Monk in V2S do nothing except Dragon Kick, Twin Snakes and Rockbreaker. Not only does Monk have two combos it needs to cycle, but Rockbreaker is an AoE and V2S has no additional targets except the boss. His numbers were nearly 50% less than a comparably geared Monk. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to notice these things since most players typically aren't pay attention to the rotations and skill usage of others unless it directly relates to their damage.

So, it's not so much that a player's ridiculous rotation can't be watched during the fight as much as ACT just makes it more obvious. Fair enough. People who are unable to play their class with excellence shouldn't be joining instances that require excellence and should be kicked. As I said before, I like parsers and personally have no issue with the whole party's stats being revealed to the people in the group. I just wish there was a way to simply weed out the players who don't understand their class without having anti-parser people losing their minds. I've grown quite used to parsing without anyone making threats since well before FFXIV and I find all this talk of reporting to GMs unsettling.

[LalaRu]

...People who are unable to play their class with excellence shouldn't be joining instances party finder groups that require asks for excellence and should be kicked....

Fixed for you.