If running a parser makes you cynical and depressed, why do it?

[SerLuke]

Parser doesn’t make me depressed or cynical, people being so lazy they can’t bother to read a single guide and then get offended when they’re called out on subpar performance do. People who get so indignant that instead of trying to improve start blaming parser tools and “raid elitists” do. Turning your eyes away from the problem doesn’t fix the problem.

Does it? Or does it help you realize the problem isn’t as big of a deal as you thought it was when you aren’t putting it under a magnifying glass?

[dasmause]

Does it? Or does it help you realize the problem isn’t as big of a deal as you thought it was when you aren’t putting it under a magnifying glass?

Yes it does, and I don’t want to entertain the idea that it’s somehow my fault that I’m seeing bad performance. Me not looking doesn’t make lazy people good. The game is not that complex, it doesn’t take a lot of effort to understand you do more damage by AOE skills than single target, for example. You can learn the optimal opener and rotation in a mere hour of hitting a training dummy