Letter to Mr. Yoshi

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Not even on PS4, but I've always been of the mind that personal parsers would be nothing but beneficial to have. It still makes it easy enough to compare to other's parses for open discussion and advice, but avoids the whole "we don't want people being harassed by others in dungeons over them" worry SE has by keeping the parse limited only to the individual player.

And at the least, it'd give PS4 players a slightly more even playing ground - since gods only know the PC parser isn't going anywhere, if they ever do give us all personal ones.

[Aylis]

And at the least, it'd give PS4 players a slightly more even playing ground - since gods only know the PC parser isn't going anywhere, if they ever do give us all personal ones.

Sadly the problem with the PS4 is the PS4 itself. To create an installable add on to any game means needing permission directly from the games company to get a license to which Sony gives the okay for it to be uploaded so players can download and install. PS4 has too much red tape and hoops to go through.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Sadly the problem with the PS4 is the PS4 itself. To create an installable add on to any game means needing permission directly from the games company to get a license to which Sony gives the okay for it to be uploaded so players can download and install. PS4 has too much red tape and hoops to go through.

Apologies for the late response, I was at work all day:

That is true, but I feel a good way around that would be integrating the parser directly into the game code - rather than making it as an optional add-on.

Obviously for the sake of fairness, one would hope there would be an option in-game to turn it off or on as desired... but at least when I think of SE giving us actual legal parsers for personal (or even open) use, I typically assume it being directly built into the game in some form. If for no other reason than PS4's red tape and hoops regarding add-ons.

[Aylis]

Apologies for the late response, I was at work all day:

That is true, but I feel a good way around that would be integrating the parser directly into the game code - rather than making it as an optional add-on.

Obviously for the sake of fairness, one would hope there would be an option in-game to turn it off or on as desired... but at least when I think of SE giving us actual legal parsers for personal (or even open) use, I typically assume it being directly built into the game in some form. If for no other reason than PS4's red tape and hoops regarding add-ons.

No worries!

Yes I do agree it would have to be more or less an official created by SE thing and injected directly into the games coding and put in a patch rather then a third party add on. Something I've long suspected as to why SE nixxed the add-on customization for the game. Due to the extra work needed to get them installed on the PS4.

I do also agree it's only in fairness an option would be allowed for the players that don't wish to use it can turn it off. I just hope the day comes when SE realizes that its a very useful much needed tool and despite their worries over toxic players abusing it how very important the tool is for those at the upper end of the game. I don't raid anymore but I used to in other games and I know how important parsing can be. Just as an option to turn it off, give those players that do need one to gauge themselves and recruit teammates the option to turn one on. To help start talks about how each of the team can improve and see if they learn.