People advertising they're running Parsers

[Shurrikhan]

goes to fflogs to search for tani shirai

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right.....

"Any worthwhile defensive would also have an indirect impact on rDPS" is not a complex concept. But ad hominem away, I guess?

[MsQi]

goes to fflogs to search for tani shirai

Ok kids, this is exactly what you DON'T want to do...

[Saraide]

Ok kids, this is exactly what you DON'T want to do...

This is why I am okay with not being allowed to bring up parses in game.

[DynnDiablos]

goes to fflogs to search for tani shirai

404 not found

right.....

There's actually a line of text you can place in your official FFXIV Lodestone profile that will prevent you from showing up on FFLogs. I've done it. It is no one's damn business what I do.

[Caurcas]

I mean fflogs is essentially a public record, and that's a okay. It's when you hide log that you draw suspicion.

[LittleImp]

goes to fflogs to search for tani shirai

404 not found

right.....

I am willing to vouch for the ideas Shurrikhan is putting forward.

Shaving a single regen-tics worth of damage off of a raid-wide is pointless the vast majority of the time.

Either the mitigation is necessary to your survival, or it's used to save on resource expenditure elsewhere (Healer GCDs being a notable one). If it isn't doing either of those things in a way that creates a net rDPS gain over taking another job, it can be argued that it's not valuable.

[Rinhi]

I mean fflogs is essentially a public record, and that's a okay. It's when you hide log that you draw suspicion.

not really

[LittleImp]

not really

They're actually not wrong.

Most groups you apply to for serious content will immediately look at your FFLogs, as it's seen as a resume of both your demonstrated clears and a metric of your ability. There's arguments as to whether or not DPS is useful metric, but I can emphatically tell you that FFLogs is a significant part of raiding culture in this game and is a huge factor in public perception of the players within that culture. Often people with hidden logs are red-flagged, but not everyone with hidden logs is bad. I know someone in the top 1% of their job who hides their logs.

[DPZ2]

I mean fflogs is essentially a public record, and that's a okay. It's when you hide log that you draw suspicion.

It's not a public record, it is the equivalent of publishing a recorded conversation where one of the parties hasn't consented to the recording.

That happens a lot these days. Twitter and Youtube are full of such recordings, and the consensus seems to be that it does more good than harm. But do not be fooled into believing it does no harm. And do not believe you have a Right to publish whatever you want on the Internet without reprisal.

[Caurcas]

They're actually not wrong.

Most groups you apply to for serious content will immediately look at your FFLogs, as it's seen as a resume of both your demonstrated clears and a metric of your ability. There's arguments as to whether or not DPS is useful metric, but I can emphatically tell you that FFLogs is a significant part of raiding culture in this game and is a huge factor in public perception of the players within that culture. Often people with hidden logs are red-flagged, but not everyone with hidden logs is bad. I know someone in the top 1% of their job who hides their logs.

As a mid cores raider, who has had not great parses before, I've never been upfront rejected due to logs. However, they are appreciated because they show your content attempt history and represent a level of transparency with any perspective group.