Quote Originally Posted by Sighearth View Post
Insults are never justified, and how come having a in-game parser makes you free to say the words you want? You said: " so that they can be free to say the words they say here about the general playerbase directly to players they encounter in instances." not a single person here said anything that couldnt be said in an instance? If you say something general like "the player base is bad" which is general and then specify to a single individual "You are bad" then obviously you are crossing the line and that person you are adressing can report you if they feel offended. This is true now and would not change with in-game parse.
Well I was thinking of two threads when I wrote this post, this one and another about a similar subject both with a certain person who likes to assume anyone who isn't performing up to their standards is a leech, and refuses to understand that poor performance can happen for many reasons such as being rusty with the class, being tired after a long day, being distracted irl, latency, I could go on. You seem reasonable so I'm not going to school you on every possible reason. The problem is some people assume the absolute worst about someone below their standards and their comments go straight to harsh accusatory words. Right now we're not allowed to mention parser use in game, but if it became a feature of the game then of course that rule would change. And that rule change would invite comments directly about parse results and not everyone is reasonable about what they expect or polite when they want to point out a problem.

Yes players can report those who cross the line with their words but a report doesn't wipe away what happened. It doesn't remove how awful someone was made to feel. Prevention is better than cure and this appears to be the stance SE want to take.

I think parsers are excellent tools. My problem lies with how some people use them. I have too many times seen people use them as a tool to be needlessly horrible to others. As long as the community stays as it is the most I would be okay with is a personal parser that displays a grade and detailed information at the end of content that is only viewable by the player. That way players could examine their own performance without an egotistical meanspirited player making their mistakes seem like a far bigger problem than they actually are.