Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Midareyukki]

Perhaps to gauge themselves? I can absolutely see the point of using low-end content as practice for your rotation, see how well you can do in slightly more stressful situations that a Dummy doesn't provide, and see how well you can recover should you drop your flow.

Oh I see. So it's like, because the training dummies and SSS don't have any mechanics or forced downtime, you plug those in to know if you're optimizing properly?

But you sure it's fine to do that? Raids are always super organized and people know how to align their buffs and whatnot. What you'll be parsing won't really be fair. If you haven't been getting proper buff alignment from your party, or if your AST singles you specifically and overfeeds you cards, won't the results be skewed? Considering, you know, you're also parsing randos. Randos you know won't be doing all that hot either :x

(You, in general, not you in specific)

[Troxbark]

Oh I see. So it's like, because the training dummies and SSS don't have any mechanics or forced downtime, you plug those in to know if you're optimizing properly?

Pretty much. While there are gear differences to consider, I normally ran it casual/ex content to see how I stack up to others of the same class. Doing this helped me refine my game play.