Quote Originally Posted by Daniolaut View Post
This right here.

This is why people will wait 30 minutes for a party to fill, then instantly leave after 1 wipe.

No one is playing FFXIV. they are all playing Fflogs.

"but parsing isnt toxic."
Uptime on the boss is massively important.

It's a shame a lot of players don't understand this. Nothing in the games shows you how much it helps. You've beaten everything on Normal, you've beaten SSS, you assume you're good.

Even on EX Primals it's so important. I see melee players running miles to the edge with aoe markers or just standing and waiting at the side when the tank gets targeted for something. Technically they're doing mechanics right and being safe, but over the fight they've lost 30% of their damage and they just don't realize it. On higher content where the whole fight is literally on a timer, this is so important. That lost damage hurts the group.

FFlogs isn't about waving numbers around and competing. No one joins a pug group to aim for top parses. You do that in a static with an optimal set up when you're bored. It exists for self improvement, to analyze every detail of your run and see where you can improve and become a better player to contribute to your groups. Players simply enjoy that playstyle of aiming to improve.