Quote Originally Posted by Welsper59 View Post
Why would they suddenly not matter?
Because general argument against parsers is that those who are performing under the minimum standard needed for content may get upset by being able to see that they are performing lower than they think they are.

I'm not advocating a scoreboard or a party wide parser, just a personal parser so you can see yourself, and no-one else, how you are performing. Which will give players a solid reference of what they should/could be attaining to, to be able to clear content they are stuck on.