Quote Originally Posted by SamSmoot View Post
If I was watching for all this stuff instead of performing the fight, (Assuming I could recognize other job's actions) I wouldn't contributing much to the group, since my full concentration is reserved for my actions and what the boss is doing.
I do run ACT, sometimes, but I keep it hidden until the run is complete, then I analyze what I did right or wrong. Unfortunately, it's pretty much useless if there were no other players of the same class and ilevel to compare against.

I'd love to have a built-in private parser that shows my performance and actions relative to an average of the last 50 runs by other players of my class and item level (+/-10) Let me view it at the end of the run if I want more data, or ignore it. Personally, I need to know how I'm doing relative to similar players. How else do I know if I need to improve or not?
I'm going to suggest XIVAnalysis to you. It's a really good tool to tell you how to play more optimally. If you have ever uploaded a run, you can take the link from that run, select your character, and it will tell you the mistakes you made, broken combos, over-capping on job gauges, etc.

ACT also has settings to only target yourself if you are running it, so you don't really need to hide it. (although, it does have some glitches, sometimes anyone who heals will appear on your list with 0 DPS, since you aren't actively tracking them. Just keep it in mind that if you track only yourself, you need to make sure to have room to track others still, since others might appear.)

DPS isn't really the thing you should be monitoring. DPS loss is a direct result of mistakes, so you should be figuring out your mistakes, which is why I recommend XIVAnalysis.