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

[Atelier-Bagur]

Raiding is a team effort. You're expected to pull your weight. I personally view the unwillingness to do your job as comparatively more toxic. It's akin to a healer who fails to make the heal check - or a tank who doesn't properly mitigate during an oncoming tank buster - and so on and so forth.

Parsing only helps accurately identify the exact problem if the dps check is consistently failed and clearly defines where the party can improve. I don't understand how factual information can be viewed as 'toxic'. But - thankfully - a vast majority of the people who I raid with don't have that bemusing mindset.

I suppose it treads into 'the truth kinda sucks' territory at that point.

Buddy, me not doing the best of damage rotations isnt the issue here. But what youre implying is that this game's "dps check wipes" occur because everyone wasnt performing super optimally. "Oh I know I've been putting out the best damage, that must mean its everybody else's fault and I therefore have to blame them for the wipe". This is a straight up childish excuse with dps checks, theres tons of factors on why wipes could happen during them; too many people dead during the phase, nobody did an LB3, almost everyone in the group have the rez debuff etc. The fights allow margin of error but what you're telling me (and pretty much what I'm hearing from most people whom are for parsing) is that everybody and I mean EVERYBODY was just completely brain dead and didnt press their damage buttons!?

The entire party isnt required for ever single schmuck in the group to output maximum damage to clear a dps check phase. You dont wipe because Bimmy and Jimmy alone didnt do optimal numbers. The game gives you enough leeway to clear them as long as everyone contributes to just dealing damage. So yes you are expected to pull your own weight. You're just not expected to also run a marathon while you're at it.