Parsers make you stupid

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I'd say parsers are not necessary at all for all current content up to Alex Savage. I main MCH and I have played with Bards and we have cleared Bismarck and Ravanna. If you gear up properly, know your skill rotation, and handle the mechanics properly you'll pass the DPS checks without issue. The reason why Alex Savage can be counted as an exception is because it is content that is not designed to be cleared in i180~186ish gear (what we have right now), so you must go above and beyond what is normal and squeeze out every last bit of DPS possible.

For Alex4 Normal specifically, that fight cannot be reliably parsed due to the Quarantine mechanic. So yeah that person was in the wrong to call you out. Plus the main tank has it the easiest in that fight because as you noticed and already stated they basically stay in 1 spot for the whole fight. If you're hitting the hard enrage instant wipe timer, it isn't really due to DPS issues. It's most likely due to people dying (failing the mechanics). Dead = 0 DPS. In my experience (farming this 100s of times to get that stupid Spring to drop), fast groups will clear the fight after 2 Discoids. An average group will clear it with 3 Discoids, this is what you should be aiming for. A slow group will barely clear it in 4 Discoid casts (tank needs to do serious work here). I'm not sure if there's a 5th Discoid but the tank is likely to die at this point. If the fight is taking that long there is definitely some problems with people dying. One DPS target I've noticed is that decent groups can whittle down the center piece to 94% after the first leg drops so you should be aiming for at least that much. If you can drop it further than that, then you're doing great. But if you can't hit 94% there are definitely problems going on.

I'm sorry you became the scapegoat here because in all actuality this fight is usually on the healers. Keep people healed up properly, and they won't die to mechanics. If they're not dead, they can DPS and you will win the fight just fine.