An Alternative? to parsers..

[Alma_karma]

improvement grades

I am not the kind of player who wants to Ace everything. Sometimes you have that one map you struggled terribly to get through and you get a poor rank after finally completing it. It is like a little slap in the face that the level you struggled on for so long decided you still sucked. High scores don't bother me, getting ranked doesn't bother me. I just want to clear the content even if i didn't do it perfectly. If i know what i am doing and can clear content i don't think the grade at the end matters. Its the struggle that you did to get there. Its no fun if you are forced to be perfect and never make a mistake. And being able to get those amazing clears and scores just means you know the gameplay well. We all celebrate our victories in our own way.
I know in sonic forces you get more rewards the better got do too. Not the same for ffxiv. Motivation for things helps drive the game play. And you basically are retrying in dungeons anyway with the duty roulette. Just with less rewards.
Plus i play a lot of rpgs and open world games, i havent seen a rating since ps2 days.