SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Nel_Celestine]

Would you rather do 34^61 by hand, or with a calculator? You are the former, anyone who uses a parser is the latter. Is this cheating? Nope. Therefore, your assertion that using a parser is cheating is equally as wrong.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...295.1379324509

We would also like to remind players that third-party tools that modify or parse game data violate the User Agreement, and that players who are found to be using these tools will be met with strict disciplinary action.