The Real Problem with Parsers

[SlyRoyale]

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Parsers are not always used to belittle others over insignificant dips in DPS. Parsers are used to calculate all readouts of damage, how much damage is being done during certain phases or the course of a fight, and all sorts of objective information that provide further insight to how an encounter went. They are used to gauge where players are in regards to the amount of damage they do, and provide evidence on whether those numbers are fine or could be improved on. If someone has a parser and abuses it to harass others, we already have the means to deal with those people. Should SE implement an official parser, there would arguably be little difference in how parser abuse would be handled.

Despite the fact that tools can be abused, the fact remains that the benefits outweigh the negatives, especially against embellished claims how parsers are always used to belittle and exclude people over minimal DPS dips.

[Attarik]

char limit.

So, they're not used to exclude others based on dps drops, they're just used to exclude players who don't do the dps you think they should. Wonderful.

[SlyRoyale]

So, they're not used to exclude others based on dps drops, they're just used to exclude players who don't do the dps you think they should. Wonderful.

I have not said anything along those lines. All I explicitly stated was that parsers are used to calculate DPS and provide evidence to support those calculations, and such boons are more valuable than the exaggerated fears against the tool. Anyone who abuses that information should be dealt with appropriately through harassment reports. Please do not twist my words around to fit your fear mongering anti-parser agenda if you want your stance on the matter to be taken seriously. All you are doing is shooting yourself in the foot.

[Elazu]

So, they're not used to exclude others based on dps drops, they're just used to exclude players who don't do the dps you think they should. Wonderful.

This again.

If a tank or healer is not doing their job, causing your party to be unable to beat the content they'd be called out on it and replaced. Why is it fine for a dps to hold people back? I take it the anti-parser crowd still has no answer for this question?

A DPS who makes it impossible to beat certain content should absolutely be replaced, just like a tank or healer. They don't deserve a free pass just because they play a dps job.