DPS display could easily be solved with a system already in game.

[Averax]

I'd prefer it if you could see your own DPS, but have it be impossible to see anybody elses.

That way, you can know if you are doing all you can, but no one else can. So you don't have to stress about others judging you.

But then again, i don't care as long as things die.

[jumanjilover89]

I'd prefer it if you could see your own DPS, but have it be impossible to see anybody elses.

That way, you can know if you are doing all you can, but no one else can. So you don't have to stress about others judging you.

But then again, i don't care as long as things die.

i dont really understand this line of thinking because what if someone thinks their own numbers are fantastic, yet in reality they are abysmally low for their class/gear. they have nothing to compare themselves to.

would this be better than nothing? absolutely! however, it would still require research on your job and rotations, practicing on dummies, etc. which the majority are very obviously not willing to do.

[Asierid]

But then again, i don't care as long as things die.

That would be a solid argument if most of the endgame content (Relevant content, that is) wasn't on an enrage timer. You can't 123, and ignore positionals and mechanics, and gain victory over T13. It's just not how it works (but what people expect). Hell, try just doing a dungeon with a SCH that refuses to dot, a DRG not using buffs/positionals, and the SMN that just ruins to death. You'll change that tune quick.

Things don't die if DPS sucks. DPS sucks because there is no tool to use to get better (and because people are ignorant to their faults). The only people not wanting a full on DPS meter are the people not going to progression content where it is needed.


Quite frankly, if you're not doing pre-nerfed/duty finder raids/or even EXs, you really have no place to hate on parsers. If you want to be bad, stay in content that appeals to your DPS instead of holding back the group that actually wants to accomplish something. If that means staying in Wanders Palace normal because you refuse to get better, then so be it. The only people offended by this comment are the ones holding the game back because of said ignorance.

This game isn't even hard, but the lazy/ignorant few are making it that way.

[Lemuria]

Quite frankly, if you're not doing pre-nerfed/duty finder raids/or even EXs, you really have no place to hate on parsers. If you want to be bad, stay in content that appeals to your DPS instead of holding back the group that actually wants to accomplish something. If that means staying in Wanders Palace normal because you refuse to get better, then so be it. The only people offended by this comment are the ones holding the game back because of said ignorance.

"If you want to be bad"... well, there's the first problem with your argument. You're assuming people want to be bad.

There's a big difference between 'optimal' DPS and enough DPS. If you can beat content with standard DPS, then no one has a right to criticize what you're doing. They're doing their job just fine and the content will be completed. People hate on parsers BECAUSE of reasons like this. People expect you to not just be good but literally the best. It becomes a contest, and eventually someone gets chosen over someone else because 'their DPS was higher'. I've seen it dozens of times and it gets old quick, so having an in-game parser only exaggerates these problems further.

[Gardes]

"If you want to be bad"... well, there's the first problem with your argument. You're assuming people want to be bad.

There's a big difference between 'optimal' DPS and enough DPS. If you can beat content with standard DPS, then no one has a right to criticize what you're doing. They're doing their job just fine and the content will be completed. People hate on parsers BECAUSE of reasons like this. People expect you to not just be good but literally the best. It becomes a contest, and eventually someone gets chosen over someone else because 'their DPS was higher'. I've seen it dozens of times and it gets old quick, so having an in-game parser only exaggerates these problems further.

Your attitude of just wanting to barely pass the bar is truly lamentable.