Parsers make you stupid

[KaijinRhada]

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True you can see those things, but if you really want to fine tune your playstyle, a meter is one of the best tools to help you do that. I understand that not everyone runs one or wants to, but not everyone that has one is out to get at people that don't. Keeping an eye on buffs and numbers may help, but a parser is more diagnostic and can help pinpoint what needs to be tightened up as far as DPS goes.

You can see people's gear and iLevel.

This is really the only part of your argument I would be careful about as being a false lead on how well people perform. Players can get high ilvl all they want, but that doesn't exclude geared out players from underperforming.