The Real Problem with Parsers

[Aiselia]

It is down to each individual's personal judgment. What is respectable to me may not be respectable to someone else, and vice versa. Exactly the same way, at present, my level of tolerance in doing a duty, may be very different to what someone else will tolerate.

But then that doesn't necessarily allay any fears at all, does it? It still puts the power in the hands of the elitists to decide what's acceptable.

I mean, bear in mind that I'm not talking about high end content where DPS really is super important or you're simply not finishing it. I'm talking about things like Expert Roulette where people will demand a certain level of DPS or kick even if the only downside to having lower DPS than that is the run takes 10 minutes longer.

I would be interested in your opinion of what I suggested for a parser with different settings.

If they make a rule saying you're not allowed to demand public settings or kick in duty finder and it's an actionable offence to do such, or possibly just make it private-only in DF, I think it'd work. It'd cement more of the idea that DF is for people who don't care or are willing to take the risk that not everyone in the run will be optimal and PF/premades are better for people who want control over what they're getting.

I also put forth the idea in another thread that they'd be personal parsers, period, but you could have a "Share to:" button to share with specific people and "Share to Party" button which shares to your current party. That way, you've got more control over who actually sees it and if wipes happen which are DPS check wipes rather than simply mechanic wipes, you could either have a designated person be the one to share things to or just simply share to the party. And, I mean, if you fail a DPS check and 3 DPS share theirs and they're all fine and the last refuses, you could probably guess where the problem lies, and not only that, but you know that if the person refuses to share it when everyone else is shown to be good and the assumption is that it's because the person is embarrassed by it, it's likely the person is obstinately refusing to improve, which means they're not likely to accept help. If someone shares it and it's low but is willing to accept tips on rotations, then they can be helped. It makes it that much simpler to figure out who's low because they just need help and who's low because they outright refuse to think they need to get better.