What if damage numbers were not displayed ?

[Gatzamus]

It seems to me that parsers used the log to follow numbers.

ACT can also use information sent over the network.

Even if you couldn't see damage numbers, people would still come up with optimal rotations from potency and your situation of paladins being less desired wouldn't be solved at all.

People are free to require whatever they want for you to join their static. If it's an absurd requirement, then they would have a harder time filling positions and therefore would need to lower entry requirements or not have a static.

If you don't like that you can't meet the requirements of a group since they're of a different mindset that prefers min-maxing, perhaps you don't belong in that group.

[xJimmehx]

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I think you can get banned for saying the name of a parser. Im not sure, but i heard a player who did a dragoon guide got banned for doing so.

[Reynhart]

Even if you couldn't see damage numbers, people would still come up with optimal rotations from potency and your situation of paladins being less desired wouldn't be solved at all.

Yes, you're right on that one, but as I said just ahead, it's become a balance issue between jobs, and not a gear choice.
Optimal rotation is not dependant on gear. If you do twice my damage with your rotation, we really don't care if I'm doing 100 or 1000, just that, I should do twice that amount.

People are free to require what they want, the problem is that they, when 1000 DPS would be enough, they'll require 1500, and thus, prevent a lot of people from experiencing the content, and improving in doing the content. Knowing the optimal rotation is not that hard. Doing it while dealing with the mechanics, there's your real skill. But how can people with the mechanics if you prevent them from joining the content in the first place ?