This is why this game should'nt get a parse

[Lord_Zlatan]

Instead of an actual parse that gives you the detailed breakdown on a player by player basis, how bout a percentage calculator?

in an 8 man party setting with 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 4 DPS, each player (if divided equally) is accountable for 12.5% of the total damage dealt.

This means that the DPS as a whole is responsible for 50% of the damage dealt on any given encounter.

At the end of the encounter, it would be nice to see your individual % of the damage done (I would not be opposed to having everyones displayed) and maybe a "key word" that helps you identify if that were good or bad. So at the end of the encounter it woud look like this... (Ill use my character and alts name).

Zlatan Tarrant (DRG) : 20.5% Excellent
Axel Stone (MNK) : 12.5% Average
The'big Red'Machine (BLM) : 9% (poor)

I think this would be good on many fronts. It would allow individuals to see what they did. They can either be OK with it, or reflect and possibly strive to get better. If this is just a DF party, then the information would likely be fore personal use only.

If its not a DF party, and assuming that your fellow parrty mates arent complete asshats, they could perhaps offer suggestions.

[Deithwen]

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I'm affraid this would be like having a parser without all the benefits it brings. It wouldn't prevent harassement, because one could still blame someone for poor play but without being able to analyse what they did wrong to improve...

Also, in a 8 man party, 4 DPS should always deal more than 50% of the group damages, if the damages are 50/50 between DPS and tanks/healers, then the DPS are pretty bad imo ^^

[Lord_Zlatan]

snipped because of character limit ; ;

right, just wanted to use easy numbers to convey the point.

The problem I have with parsers is that they give too much information (not a bad thing) but people dont want to hear about ALL of the reasons they did poorly (I wouldnt mind). Percentage/rating would allow YOU the player to see that you arent doing well. Having someone else tell you (whether it is substantiated by numbers or not) will always end in one player (often the accused) thinking its just the other players opinion or that they are just "being a d*ck).

Putting the ball in the players individual court means its on them to improve.