Quote Originally Posted by Neela View Post
What she said - u don’t need data to find out mechanics. We actually always start without guides even if we need much longer than others. But for us it’s about challenging ourselves instead copying worlds firsts - isn’t it what savage is all about? And therefor u don’t need unintended 3rd party-tools - simply try and error. So we do use parsers after we clear a tier yeah but we do not use it through progression. In the end all u need to know about savage is "aoe & tankbuster are bad" - and until a parser can tell u which direction is the best to avoid, your statement remains false to me.

U don’t need parsers for new ex primals, do u? Why should u.
More for damage optimization than anything else. You know those times you wiped to enrage at <1%? Or you were half a second from pushing a mechanic that would make it easier for the party? I view it as a personal failure, if it was possible for you to have been doing better enough to fix it. It's not only your time you wasted. It's 7 other people's time. I don't enjoy that feeling.

Sure, it's everyone's responsibility to do well, but it's harder to control their output than your own.