Quote Originally Posted by Vespar View Post
Maybe its time SE set an example. Sure it sucks that this person seems nice overall... But the TOS is a legal agreement. And an agreement is an agreement. One which he/she agreed to by playing the game.
3rd party programs have long been stated as being prohibited. There's no real excuse. Regardless of how lung the GM left them unattended. Yes that was unprofessional at best, but they still broke the ToS so its still justified.
Tbh, I feel they need harsher punishments for 3rd party program users, be it their 1st offense or their 3rd. Even if it is just a parser. It still provides some kind of advantage over someone else who ISN'T using one, even if it is just a means to show your numbers. PS4 users dont have access to that, so its unfair to them for one. And thats just packet-sniffing parsers. Lets not forget the world of bot/script programs.
This will never happen. Why? Because FFlogs ultimately keeps Savage alive and the devs know it. Without FFlogs, what purpose does clearing Savage multiple times have? Why even care about obtaining i400 gear? It's wholly irrelevant since it only helps clear an encounter faster yet you can longer actually see any improvements. So what's the point? Furthermore, if parses were somehow banned to the point literally no one could gather that information—a highly unlikely scenario—you effectively kill raiding. Why? How are statics supposed to recruit when they have no way of knowing your performance? Ultimate not only demands mechanical awareness but overall high DPS. Without a tool to read this information, people couldn't decipher whether that Black Mage they picked up was pulling 9,000 DPS or 5,000.

"Well, they boss isn't dying! That's how you know." Okay... but how do you know who isn't contributing enough? And therein lies the problem. You wouldn't, which makes recruitment a nightmare.

Regardless, the aforementioned will not happen because even if FFlogs were banned tomorrow. People will simply make an underground tool they don't publicly spread. I suspect the dev's approach is "better a devil you know than one you don't."

Quote Originally Posted by Aurelius2625 View Post
Bruh. There's an EASY solution to this. a SOLO parser built IN GAME for EVERYONE to use. No one would be in the dark again, everyone would be on an even playing field. And no one would have to know anyone else's damage since everyone would just use that instead of fflogs or w/e. Jesus.
People would simply demand you post your numbers publicly, and refusal would be taken as a sign you were lying. Furthermore, as Valkrie said, you need a point of reference for a parse to matter. I cannot improve my DRG or WAR numbers without directly comparing them against better DRGs and WARs. I can't "trim" mistakes unless I know I'm making them, which a solo parse will not tell you.