DPS who do 4k worth of damage = garbage tier

[whiskeybravo]

No idea what you're talking about. Most of those people are in my static

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Careful, we arent allowed to look at any flaws, only the good parts.

Just like we can exaggerate that parsers are bad because some people abuse them? By that logic, Vote Abandon/Kick should be removed from the game because some people abuse those too.

The majority of posters have been civil. Why are we going to focus on the few bad apples?

[Elamys]

This conversation wasn't even about parsers originally, it was about what constitutes good and bad DPS...

[NewAgeDoom]

I like bacon.

I am now just as on topic as the last few pages.

[HoodRat]

This conversation wasn't even about parsers originally, it was about what constitutes good and bad DPS...

Have you ever tried to get white knights to flock in and blindly defend your bad argument? It's hard to do without shaming parsers and parser users.

[Exiled_Tonberry]

In general, I really think SE takes the casual communities' feelings into account too much, to there detriment at times.
Feast has been a shitshow without text chat and only makes people bottle up these feelings and become even angrier at players.

Parsers could really help people improve since they can guage how well or bad theyre doing. Sure there's a few people that will use it to be assholes, but why should the overall player quality suffer because a few people will abuse it

[NoctusT]

In general, I really think SE takes the casual communities' feelings into account too much, to there detriment at times.
Feast has been a shitshow without text chat and only makes people bottle up these feelings and become even angrier at players.

Parsers could really help people improve since they can guage how well or bad theyre doing. Sure there's a few people that will use it to be assholes, but why should the overall player quality suffer because a few people will abuse it

You can still keep the same rules - if someone gives another person grief in party chat over their DPS you can still report them. They don't have to change anything. There's a number of things they could do to prevent abuse. But they won't because as can be seen here, far too many people will just moan and complain over the fact that parsers exist and complain about "potential abuses" rather than just trying to use them and get better at the game.

At this point, basically all of my friends who are on PC have ACT. The only people who are being harmed here are the PS4 players who don't have access to it.

[Maeka]

These forums *do not* lend themselves well to guide writing for various reasons I'm sure don't have to be explained,

I wonder if that stupid BS 1,000 character limit has anything to do with it?

I mean seriously, everybody and their brother edits to bypass it anyways, so why even have it? lol.

Maybe the forums would be a bit more popular if they would lift the pointless restrictions.

[Enla]

In general, I really think SE takes the casual communities' feelings into account too much, to there detriment at times.
Feast has been a shitshow without text chat and only makes people bottle up these feelings and become even angrier at players.

Parsers could really help people improve since they can guage how well or bad theyre doing. Sure there's a few people that will use it to be assholes, but why should the overall player quality suffer because a few people will abuse it

Hell I don't even want to do Savage and I want a parser. I always look up the optimal rotation before I pick up a class, and try to keep at least a visual guide for my opener and notes on a bar next to the game window while I play. I don't want to be /the best/ but actually doing somewhat competently is something I strive for, even if I plan on never touching the class again. I'd rather not have to download third party software just to get some basic numbers, and Stone Sky and Sea only goes so far as does comparing myself to similar DPS in any given group.

[HyoMinPark]

I wonder if that stupid BS 1,000 character limit has anything to do with it?

I mean seriously, everybody and their brother edits to bypass it anyways, so why even have it? lol.

Maybe the forums would be a bit more popular if they would lift the pointless restrictions.

Supposedly the limitations (character count and post limit) are from the 1.0 forums “to reduce spam”. It was apparently an issue back then.