Quote Originally Posted by Kaurie View Post
I disagree with almost everything you said, and am fairly unappreciative of the offensive tone you take while debating. So, I am not going to bother picking apart your faulty argument.

One thing to note, the part where you mention that parsers cannot accurately account for DOTs and the other part which talks about if parsers are inaccurately adding up your damage is the entire reason why I personally want an official parser from Square Enix (one which will use their internal data to be more accurate).

On your last note, not all damage counts. For example, on Faust, my numbers are significantly higher than anyone elses (as a SMN) due to added AoE damage from shadowflare/deathflare etc, but the damage on the adds doesn't matter. It's the damage on Faust that matters. When looking at that, I often fall to 2nd of the 4 DPS.
What you mean to say is that you have no rebuttal because your argument is flawed. Also Faust is not a raid boss so no one cares how much damage you do there. Beating Faust doesn't get you any achievements, loot, title or anything. In the real environment, you have to look at the group. Also, read last line of the quote, I'm pro-parser. But people don't understand what the usage of it is and it doesn't help that some of them are also pro-parse (such as yourself). If you really wanted to improve your DPS, you would first get the basics down (i.e. optimal rotation) then look at gear. When you can do the mechanics of a raid correctly, then you try to make the fight as close to whacking a dummy (or "Faust") as possible. You already know what the maximum and what direction to go. If you need reinforcement, then look at the screen for the flying text.