The Real Problem with Parsers

[LunaHoshino]

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.

A parser helped my friend learn the proper rotation for his class and increase his DPS by almost 200. The two of us (both DRGs in gear of the same ilvl) had been running Odin with my FC, and one of my other FCmates noticed that his DPS was significantly below mine, which shouldn't be the case in a fight where the only mechanics to deal with are AoEs that both of us had to dodge. So we decided to go check out his rotation on our striking dummy, and sure enough, he was doing several things wrong. Once those were pointed out and he looked up the proper DRG rotation, his overall DPS increased significantly-- a win-win situation for everyone.

He had no idea he was doing anything wrong rotation-wise until it was pointed out to him; had my FCmate not said something, he would never even have had the chance to improve because he didn't realize there was room to improve in the first place.