So, can we just ban damage meters already.

[Raven2014]

My argument is that parses can make some players play badly and do incorrect things because they are overly focused on DPS.

Same thing can be said about without a tool to hold people accountable, bad players will never have the need of improved and good players will be forced to carry. Ignorant is a bliss, and many will choose to stay that way. I already gave the example, a group of 7 people kept demanding the best player among to improve more because they were ignorant to the fact they are worse player than him.

And like I said, while it's true that it can causes some people to be overzealous about their performance, these people would normally already have a high skill level to begin with. While neither extreme is desirable, and I would like to group with people who are conscious and take their performance serious but not to the point of killing themselves and others over it - if you ask me to choose between two extreme: bad players who are ignorant of their performance and elitist players who play selfishly, I can assure you it won't be a hard choice.

I made the remark originally to explain why I prefer the status quo rather than having parsers be an official part of the game.

Are you arguing that parsers should be an official part of the game?

To be frank, the current state is probably the most balance state right now. I don't believe the dev will ever be brave enough to have an official parser in the game. At the same time, they know parse is an invaluable tool that benefit the majority of the people who they design the specific content for (savage/ultimate raiders). So they will forever remain on the sideline with a tacit approval on the unofficial, they will turn away as long as people don't overstep (harassing others). So really if that's what you're arguging for, then you are spending needlessly effort, the status quo will not change.


A good solution for me will be the game has an official parse but only display your own performance, and no one else. You will be told how well you did in relative to people playing the same class, but not of others in your party (so you can't harass them for it). But when I think about it, it won't happen. Because if it happens, I bet it'll take 2 days before complaining post of certain nature will surface, like "this is a game, I don't play a game for it to tell me how bad I am!! It causes me mental distress!". Like I said, ignorant is a bliss. 9/10 times, complains about parsing are from people who got called out by it, you don't hear parsers complaining about parsing, except for asking it to be an official tool. Whether you think it's a desirable behavior or not, it serves as the example to show the average different skill level between who parse and who don't.

On the topic of people from different walks of life coming together, I hope they converse in a polite manner.

Not sure what this even supposed to mean. But I assure you, I don't care who is the person behind the character, only the skill that they display. And I do not condone the harassment of other players for their performance (in fact I look down on it). But while I don't call out bad players, but I would like to have the tool to excuse myself from their presence.