People advertising they're running Parsers

[Pintsized]

Parsers - unlike mods that change gear appearance or whatever - DON'T modify the game code; they just read the data being sent to the client and tabulate it.

Still technically a TOS violation, but as far as anyone can tell, nobody's been banned ONLY for parsing.

So, they're breaking into the internet connection between the game client and the server?

How is that any different in effect than changing the game code?

[Menriq]

So, they're breaking into the internet connection between the game client and the server?

How is that any different in effect than changing the game code?

They aren't breaking any internet connection. The data comes from the client / server, and is in memory. This memory is read, interpreted, and then written out to a log. This log is what is used for the parser, uploading, etc. So, to answer your question, it's not changing anything; it's just reading what is already in memory.