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[VelKallor]

A Parser does more than tells you how much dps you pumped out though. It will tell you if you took avoidable damage from a mechanic you messed up. Along with if you're over healing or not.

Then using one of those IS cheating. If this addon is doing more than numbers, i.e calling out mechanics etc, its playing the game for you and thats cheating.

[SannaR]

Then using one of those IS cheating. If this addon is doing more than numbers, i.e calling out mechanics etc, its playing the game for you and thats cheating.

Base version doesn't do call outs. The base version just reads the battle log and does the math calculations for you. I mean the never used cause the devs don't want it to be for anything but current fights duty recorder also could show you what mechanic you screwed up on just without showing you how much said mechanic hit you for.

[Jojoya]

Then using one of those IS cheating. If this addon is doing more than numbers, i.e calling out mechanics etc, its playing the game for you and thats cheating.

Parsers don't call out mechanics or offer suggestions on what to do during a fight. The most a parser will do during the fight is display real time numbers for DPS, HPS, damage taken and the like. But they also copy the battle log and compile information that can be uploaded to an analyzing tool for review after a fight is completed (whether wipe or kill) to see who was getting hit by avoidable damage, etc.

It's the other plug-ins that some players use that do the mechanic call outs.