Thank you Yoshi for your stance on DPS meters

[SaitoHikari]

If people want to get more technical, those who have translated his comments say that he specifically mentions that while he won't condone the use of third party programs, SE isn't really concerned if you have a window showing a DPS meter since that just collects data from the game's battle log and doesn't provide any advantages otherwise. Any incidents stemming from use of a parser shouldn't be considered a cheating problem, but a harassment issue. And it's for that reason that SE won't ever support an official parser.

They will, however, strictly punish use of third party programs that directly affect gameplay, such as automatically placing markers and altering AoE indicators, such as making invisible AoEs visible. (I saw something related to the latter about a month or two ago when videos and screenshots of that made their rounds through the NA community with everyone wondering what the hell they were seeing. I think it originated from one of the Asian playerbases, though. Don't know which one.)

So really, he elaborated what we all already knew. Nothing wrong with that, but I kind of get the impression that the early parts of the live letter were more directed at the Japanese audience, as the whole third party program arguments from recent understanding blew up in a big way over there ever since the TEA world first clear, and especially with that footage that made the rounds through the raid community a while ago. (Especially since this Live Letter wasn't officially translated. In normal circumstances, something this important as it concerns the community as a whole should have been, but I figure SE knows the NA/EU community has already been through this song and dance.)