So this game has dps checks but we can't talk about our dps in game?

[Atelier-Bagur]

I do not think anyone is denying that parsing are misused. The real question is why exactly is such an offense is grounds to bar their use altogether in any official capacity moving forward. I am speaking as a player that gets called out often for poor performance, why exactly should others be bared from access to such a helpful tool IE console users because such players for whatever reason willfully or not do not meet the standards of the community?

Why are my feelings held in higher regard over the time and feelings of the rest of the group? Will an official parser increase the amount of harassment, of course that is bound to happen with an uptick of use. The real question should be what is the increase of accounts of misuse in proportion compared to when it was just available to PC users. I really do not think it would be overall that much higher if at all. I would love to see such data even though it will be impossible squire.

In the end it just appears people are being offended for others who do not meeet community standards. Let us be real the amount of people that play poorly to a point that would garner repeated offenses is probably very low. The game already provides support for harassment, sure it is reactive but why exactly should this form of harassment be proactive while other forms such as stalking, grooming etc . . . Reactive? The reality is we are preventing the use of the a tool based around a potential threat, past experience in another game does not warrant a reason to bar it in this game. Especially when SE already takes reports of parsing abuse seriously.

In short see parsing abuse report and move on. Why should this toxic behavior be treated any differently because the tool is officially supported or available?

Because like I said, its a double-edge sword. Ive been around delving into other MMOs to know this kind of toxicity seriously does kill a good portion of the game. But also why do you think SE doesnt actively go after players using parsing tools? You cant get banned from using it, just like they dont actively go detecting players using external software within the game as long as you dont talk about it in game. Clearly people parse in FFXIV but as a business standpoint it would be detrimental to the game if they officially introduce tools like that into it, no longer FFXIV would be heralded as the "casual" friendly MMO when more people start abusing parsing even for normal content and pushing it into other players. But like I said, nobody is stopping you from using those tools if you truly wish to use em, just that FFXIV isnt completely focused on high end content enough to warrant it, and honestly it should stay that way. Nobody wants this game to eventually become a WoW...........well ok nobody wants it to become the common worst aspects of WoW.