Measurements for DPS contributions (Please SE...)

[Hyrist]

There is a difference between promoting better play and promoting poor attitudes. Public parsers typically promote the latter.

Just think a moment, the 'average' person is ok, willing to use the tool as intended. That's average. Half the players below that average are going to mistreat it.

That's the Logic Yoshida presented when he said no. He, directly, said no. He's said it twice, on camera. It's not happening people. The energy and momentum spent in arguing could be put to better use for the community, like asking for other quality of life improvements or expanding endgame.

This debate is purely academic. It. is. not. happening. Opinions one way or another are irrelevant.

[Giantbane]

There is a difference between promoting better play and promoting poor attitudes. Public parsers typically promote the latter.

Just think a moment, the 'average' person is ok, willing to use the tool as intended. That's average. Half the players below that average are going to mistreat it.

That's the Logic Yoshida presented when he said no. He, directly, said no. He's said it twice, on camera. It's not happening people. The energy and momentum spent in arguing could be put to better use for the community, like asking for other quality of life improvements or expanding endgame.

This debate is purely academic. It. is. not. happening. Opinions one way or another are irrelevant.

Having a parser that tells you your own DPS is not public. To my knowledge he has only been asked and said no to parsers that display everyone's performance.

He did say that they were looking into some way of allowing players to judge their own DPS. Not directly in the form of a parser, but perhaps a special training dummy or something along those lines. Although since they already understand there is some merit to knowing and measuring your own DPS performance, they could reconsider adding a parser just for yourself.