In-Game Parser.

[Lycelle]

Well in terms of "right now" I don't. I sit in my FC house crafting all day. My progression has come to a stand still, back when i90 was the cap I was excited about progression and did a lot of min-maxing and tried out different styles. But now I see no point to it if it's just becoming something players can use as an excuse to be ruthless. It's just something I don't want to deal with, I pay my monthly fee like everyone else so like you said I take the game experience in my own hands and I just go from there. I shut myself away inside my FC house and simply craft, I'm tired of the elitist bigots, I'm also tired of the bad players. So I'll probably give up raiding until I can actually find a good solid group that will take me for who I am as a person, rather than the gear I am wearing.

[Kazumac]

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Well I do apologize if my reply is/was a bit on the aggressive side and I'm sorry to hear that you've had difficulty finding a constructive group to run with. I am hardly on the tip of progression myself as my friends like spending time on a variety of content outside of raiding but we've all seen the benefits of a constructive approach to improvement that solid metrics can bring to the team.

I can count the times on one (actually zero times) hand that I've seen it used as a ruthless tool to belittle or ostracize another player. I'm sure it happens (but this happens from many sources not just parsers), I just as a rule don't run with those types.

[Lemuria]

I can count the times on one (actually zero times) hand that I've seen it used as a ruthless tool to belittle or ostracize another player. I'm sure it happens (but this happens from many sources not just parsers), I just as a rule don't run with those types.

I've seen so many examples of parsers being used to ill-effect in video games that I honestly don't see their benefit other than to compare egos. I'm fine with some kind of self-improvement, a means to see only your own DPS and overall damage, but I see it as highly detrimental to compare them to your teammates without prior consent.

It has already been used before to belittle players, such as in Frontlines where myself and other healers were insulted for doing more healing than damaging (go figure). In an ideal world, we could all be mature about it and see it as a guide for self-improvement, but there will be plenty of players who see it as a way to boast superiority.