parse for ps4 users !

[Jynx]

The real arguement has never been if they are required. I'm assuming you realise that.

Saying that they are not required is not an argument against them.

It was never meant to be an argument for or against parsers, I was just stating that Ercapote is incorrect in stating they are required. One could argue that WoW that has had such things as Deadly Boss Mods and more types or parses you could shake a stick at had a large community of players who could not do half their max DPS parse or not.

The positives and negatives are interesting on both sides and it's easy to fall onto one side of the fence due to personal preferences. My unabashed apathy for it either way (I don't use them but don't care much if others do) at least gives me the abillity to look from both sides of the fence. If i was to trench myself in a camp I'd probably fall into the anti-parser camp as I feel they don't bring anything positive to the community with their introduction in a general gameplay setting.

I do find it a shame there is alot of cyclical arguments about what is good and what is bad about parsers but there isn't much else to do but to hash out our opinions as best we can and let the developers make the penultimate choice at the end of the day. I will however say the lack of them "Getting around" to the API for modders speaks volumes on their true opinion on the subject. Of course they will stay mum on the subject as long as humanly possible if they ever say anything at all.