parse for ps4 users !

[Gilraen]

Ok
So I think this whole thing went off topic.

It was off-topic before it even started. Chif's opening post was a rather ignorant statement that PS4 players should get a parser cause 'all' PC players have one, which isn't true in the slightest. I played on PC for all of my time in 1.0 and much of the Beta and not once looked up much less used a parser. I kind of like my PC as virus free as I can keep it, one of the biggest issues of third party software use and one alot of players, PC or not, are wary of (it's because of this vulnerability of PCs that Square implemented a security token in XI and maintained it's presence since). But that doesn't seem to matter to Chif, his assertion is that 'all' good players use parsers and the PS4 'needs' one.

So when a DPS check isn't being met, how do you know who's getting in the way of a clear?

I haven't been in many groups where a 'DPS check' not being met was the result of someone slacking. I was in some of the early Alexander runs and there were a few where we wiped to Self Destruct, but it wasn't because of slacking. At least, not outright slacking. Sometimes one DD would be left with two spiders while the other DD on that particular boss just kept wailing on the boss, causing that one DD observing mechanics to get Mini'd. Or the one holding the spiders would receive the blessing of RNGesus and get bombed while trying to kill the spiders. Generally, shit happens and you have to look at the fight from more than just the angle of the 'DPS check'. I, personally, never give up on a fight until everyone gives up and by that time, well, everyone's given up so there's no point pointing fingers at anyone.