Absolute frustration at not being able to see my own DPS (ps4)

[Ryel]

Stop downplaying the potential for harassment, it's a very real fear.

Except that it isn't as it's been brought up and disproven in literally every single thread that this debate has taken place in.

That argument is the last bastion of defense against parsers that keeps being used as a counter in lieu of an actual argument against their use, and it's one that is far from legitimate.

In fact you can look at WoW, the game with arguably the largest sample size in the world and see how this isn't a real issue over large sample sizes, this video actually talks about this:

WoW: Accessibility and Apathy

We also know that harassment already happens regardless of players having a parser or not as another player has already done an independent study on this with an admittedly small sample size here:

FFXIV Parsing: Is banning it actually preventing arrogance, or fueling it?

Additionally Yoshida has been interviewed multiple times about this subject and then development team has no fears about any negative community issues from parser use as seen here:

Lindsay talks w/Naoki Yoshida - Final Fantasy XIV PS4 Beta Event

If you really need to see this argument done to death 100 times though you're welcome to take many of the responses from this 80 page thread that disprove the thought that theres a "real fear" of harassment from the addition of a parsing tool.

The Real Problem with Parsers

Nobody is downplaying anything, if anything the arguments against the addition of a parser are playing up small issues into something greater than they are when yes, we do have a competent GM staff that can sort out issues of real player harassment.