The Real Problem with Parsers

[JackFross]

Sure. Have this post, this post, this post and if you really want I have a spreadsheet I could upload again...

Well, I really hope you aren't serious...

http://puu.sh/kpfn4/3a320509a3.png

... because if you're going to try and tell me that the first link proves that there is anything other than a linear correspondence with potencies, I really don't know what to tell you. The other links all expound on the same data. Like. If you're saying one is 1% off of being exactly the correct proportion, you're making mountains out of molehills.

//Yeah, those points don't all spit out exactly the same values and the variance isn't 0, but the general trend is linear, regardless. The exact linear correspondence isn't necessarily an easy thing to find, but to openly say "Potencies sometimes aren't linear" and then throw data in my face that is essentially linear feels like you're insulting my intelligence or something.

I wonder why using another third party program as a tool, but you manually copied the data *coughdataminingcough* and wrote the formula yourself is considered "fine". But a parser that does the exact same you do in excel automatically for you isn't - Which also saves you 90% of the time spend over manually doing things.

Because I'm using it to make calculations, I'm not having it read through FFXIV's files automatically to scrape and compile data for me. I really don't feel like digging through the ToS to find the exact line that prohibits datamining for you.

Though, again. Parsing programs aren't *technically* outlawed, since the GMs (generally) won't care unless you use the data they give you to harass other players.