The Real Problem with Parsers

[Whiteroom]

...but lets be honest, do you really think the chances of them making one that does the full measurements and tells you everyone's numbers are good? I don't think SE would want to risk that. This game definitely caters to both crowds and the casual crowd wouldn't like a full parser being available.

Yes, I do believe the chances are good (if they make the decision to add one). They continue to use dps checks as a major mechanic, and they continue to receive feedback that we need a way to see dps if this is the case. A full one is very useful, despite what some would say.

I don't think the casual crowd (though from your comment, I think we have different definitions of casual crowd) would be put out by a parser, and would benefit from it as well.

Of course, you will see threads pop up against it, if implemented, but there are threads against everything implemented in game. Look at the hairstyle contest for example, no less than a dozen threads criticizing it.

And yes, you will see the odd abuse of it, by someone who doesn't know how to read it. But there isn't a single feature that you can implement in game that isn't abused in some way by someone.

Coming from games that have them, they were beneficial to everyone except the odd person who absolutely refused to do anything, (those people who would pretty much stand there and put out 10%-25% of people in relevant endgame). In lower, easier content people weren't kicked since it didn't impact the outcome of the run.