DPS meters and why they're necessary

[Malric]

It's wanting to improve, to test yourself.

Actually if it were for only this purpose I'd have NO problems with parsers AT ALL.
If parsers measured YOUR DPS, what YOU do, and were NOT used to kick people from parties, tell others if they are good enough, and to determine what becomes server standards of needed DPS to be any good I'd care less. Heck, if they were built into the game and used only for that purpose, I'd use it too.

Though it's not... in fact I've never even seen a parser in any game (not saying they don't exist) that only measures YOUR dps.

The reality is they are not generally used for self improvement alone, they are not generally used to teach anyone else, they are used to justify one simple saying...

"You are the weakest link, goodbye!"