The Real Problem with Parsers

[ShanaShirayuki]

Parsers have -never- lead to anything positive in an MMO, no matter what people claim their use and benefit is they are always used (almost exclusively) as an excuse to belittle and exclude other players over insignificant dips in DPS. A personal parser is fine, but the second you force others to show your their statistics, it becomes problematic.

Please stop with this fear mongering, give us facts that parsers turn saints into sinners. No more confirmation biases, no more hyperbole.

[Attarik]

Please stop with this fear mongering, give us facts that parsers turn saints into sinners. No more confirmation biases, no more hyperbole.

Anyone (provided they have a brain and have played any mmo) can tell you what parsers end up doing. Provide solid evidence that this doesn't happen and that people somehow benefit from being harassed in a video game, no more stating opinion as fact, no more blatant lying, no more complaining about a strangers dps checks.