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

[Kaurie]

What I'm getting is that you (or maybe you're just representing the other perspective, I'm not sure?) are concerned that this will magnify harassment (either by the tool itself being abused or because of an increase in frustration as a result of the tool being abused)? Is there a reason you think that making parser-based harassment (and retaliatory lashing-out) a ban-able offense wouldn't curb the abuse at least to the level of 'toxicity' that we're already seeing? I'm no expert, butusing parsers seems to be standard fare in Japan and they seem to have even more positive communities than we do in NA/EU.

I am working to see both sides of the argument, but am pro-parser. I think parser-based harassment is already a ban-able offense, and that is why I don't think that we will see excessively increased amounts of harassment. However, I acknowledge it is a possibility.

You also mention that you don't think a personal parser would help sufficiently. IIRC (though admittedly I did only skim the thread), this is because a number without a benchmark or comparison doesn't have a lot of utility. I agree, which is why I think linking it into the lodestone which gathers data from all players and then provides the critical statistics for comparison, mean and max, would raise the utility of the parser sufficiently.

I really like your idea of linking it to the lodestone for increased data. However, I think that having that real time group numbers is quite useful for adjusting behavior. For example, a newbie at level 41 SMN may go to Cutters Cry, and at the same time I go in as my SMN. This newbie on his built in parser sees that I am pulling double his DPS, so he asks why and what he can do. Obviously, I'd explain that I am down-leveled and over-geared for the content and that is why there is some descrepancy, but would also take the opportunity to provide tips on his rotation. Conversely, without the parser, we both queue in, do the dungeon, say Hi and Thanks all and that's it.