How would an optional, official parser be toxic?

[Daibunnie]

It turns out we're having two different conversations then. I'm talking about what a person can see in combat. You're talking about trying to find out a player's skill without getting into combat.



So what do you do if you look up a person and there are no logs recorded of their performance? There's always a first time to be logged. Never mind how people can change main class, play a different character, or even take breaks from the game and it may have been several tiers since they last played.

An official parser would be recording their dungeons/raids up to savage. The current parser that people use includes what class they played and the date they attempted/clear.

Again for various reasons there may not be logs available for you to view for everyone. What do you when this happens? Refuse to take them on because you can't be sure if they're going to force you to babysit?

And I'm sorry if you think being observant in combat is nonsense as I find it to be immensely useful.

Practice parties do exist. If someone without any logs tries to join a clear party, they can easily get kicked. And yes, having to observe everything each party member is doing during a savage raid is nonsense especially when several players have specific animations turned off.

[Penthea]

And yes, having to observe everything each party member is doing during a savage raid is nonsense especially when several players have specific animations turned off.

Please direct me to where I said people should observe everything and that it was even possible. I think you'll find I said no such thing.

I said some things can be spotted without a parser. Not everything. I also said some things are too subtle to spot without a parser or you may too busy to see it yourself. I even said several times that parsers are excellent tools for this.

I agree that being expected to watch everything is nonsense...hence why I didn't say it!