Is a Parser ever comming?

[ispano]

It's hilarious to me that all the parsing min/maxers I currently know in this game -- actually fail just as much as my casual group of friends. When they fail, it immediately turns into a blame game and inevitably the weak dps'ers get called out. When we fail, we say things like "better luck next time" or "hey, we're making progress."

All of the guys I know who are parsing everything, are miserable. They hate people in general and they only have fun if they're "winning". Meanwhile, without the use of a parser mind you, my casual group is getting just about the same number of "wins" while actually having fun and enjoying the company of our friends.

As a side note, I don't believe I've ever witnessed a parser being used constructively. Not. Even. Once...

And i've experienced the opposite. I know many people that use them to improve themselves and their groups. In games other than this as well. Also the two comments you quoted, those are sometimes more harmful than people think. Those words could be harmful to some when things are going wrong that could be fixed, even if you don't intend them to be. To me it's sugar coating something that doesn't need sugar coating. We know if we're failing or not, and we work to fix it. And me and those people I know, aren't miserable either.

Just another side to your coin.

[ReplicaX]

And i've experienced the opposite. I know many people that use them to improve themselves and their groups.

^ Sad that this needs to be said. It's shown all over the "Roles" forums and there is plenty of positive threads in there for player self-improvement. From tuned rotations, specific fights, and gear builds. To say parsers weren't involved in any of that is a lie.

As stated before, I see more ppl just leave in PF/DF if someone can't dodge/heal/tank/DPS check than resort to grieving a player or help that player. If the player continues to show no improvement the one helping if anything just gives up and leaves. Both my FCs have never expressed grief from someone with a parser since launch.