Are we really getting a Dps parsing dummy?

[Sylve]

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If you agree that its not required and that you don't need it, then why do you want it?

There are already tools available. Yeah, its third party. But again, you didn't need it in the first place. Its a grey area, as long as you don't go around shouting at random people about their DPS, You're free to use the tools.

Parsers during raids are not worthless. Not only is such a claim objectively false, it's opinion.

Yes, they really are worthless.
Showing you how you did at the END of the fight? Now that's useful. Potentially. Except Parsers don't account for boss mechanics. They do not account for people performing specific roles or attending to certain mechanics.

According to the 'Guides' and those who mathed it all out, my Bard should never have gotten its Bismark EX clear. According to the parses, our global DPS was several hundred lower than it should have been to clear the fight.
But we cleared it, easily.
Why? Because the parser just divides your total damage done by the time taken to end the encounter. During the phases that are time sensitive, our damage output was totally fine.

That's why an in-raid parser is worthless.
During A4, my MCH DPS is lower than people claim is acceptable for completing the fight. Why? Because I'm not aiming for maximizing my sustained dps, i need to save certain skills or cooldowns to deal with specific mechanics. Jagd Dolls and Quarantine being an example of such mechanics.
Blow the Ricochet and Reload on cooldown every time and they won't be around when i absolutely NEED that boost in damage to deal with something quickly.
Doesn't hinder my clears at all.

You can cry and moan all you like about how parsers allow you to attain perfection, but the truth of the matter is that you do not need a parser to play your job to the best of its ability.
Just because a parser exists does not guarantee people will use the information to improve.
Conversely, Just because you don't have a parser doesn't prevent you from improving.