Would you like an in-game parser?

[Reynhart]

If you want to slack in a party of mine, you shouldn't even be in it after all.

So we're back to this ? I'm a slacker because I don't want someone to parse me ?

PLD is, saddly, a DPS penalty, because it does frequently less damage than WAR or DRK. So, when going blind and having no idea of how skilled the tanks are, you start with less potential DPS. Oh, and if it wasn't clear, I don't like PLD being rejected for it as much as I don't like this DPS number obsession.

But when you answer both questions with "Yes", your "argument" is instantly dead.

So why do we still nitpick on DPS when we can answer "Yes" to their question ?

[Seraphix2407]

But fortunately you already have a tool to counter this, Kick Vote.

I have plenty of friends who never raid or do even extreme primals but many of them doesn't dip lower than 50% of what they could do in roulettes, they still try hard and do pretty good. After all some of them just want to get in and out fast. Yes, I'm aware you do talk about those who doesn't do raids at all, I have few of them in my fc and some of them are hanging around on limsa, but do all of them slack? Not at all, I actually like to put them in my roulettes if anything else. Just because they don't raid doesn't mean they are bad. After all I saw one of them do amazing dps as smn, and do you know why? Because they still try their best, even if they don't raid. There is no excuse to not try. However kick vote doesn't always seem to be an okay thing, I try very hard not to, because when you are in a team you have to respect the people in it. If they do take advice great, if not well... and they have a shit attitudde about it that kick might happen. I do like your post tho.

So we're back to this ? I'm a slacker because I don't want someone to parse me ?

Read my post again.

[KarstenS]

So why do we still nitpick on DPS when we can answer "Yes" to their question ?

Why you nitpick thats okay everybody can see when a tank or a healer is failing to do its job?

They should be on the same level of intransparency like its the case for DPS player.

Feel free to make suggestions, how to implement such a feature.

[KonOkami]

*snip*

We're actually saying the same thing, I don't know why we're not communicating right, maybe I'm not phrasing something right(sorry, english is not my native tongue).
People that perform as badly as 50% down in casual content are inexcusable and those numbers show a clear unwillingness to even try. I can't for the life of me, figure out how you can do that bad dps if you use even half your skills. I do higher than that as the healer!

Maybe the miscommunication is here:

Yes, I'm aware you do talk about those who doesn't do raids at all but do all of them slack?

I'm not talking about the ones not raiding in general. I'm talking about the ones that decide to not impose on raiding groups knowing they can't give the 100% of their class(since that matters in there) but still try to maintain an acceptable performance in all other content.

However kick vote doesn't always seem to be an okay thing, I try very hard not to, because when you are in a team you have to respect the people in it. If they do take advice great, if not well... and they have a shit attitudde about it that kick might happen.

We 100% agree. Respect is a two way street that is not measured in numbers. As long as the other person is putting an effort, even if their performance pales, I'm perfectly happy with it. I especially love running early content and bumping into people starting out a new class and trying to learn it while the whole party cheers them on and offers whatever advise they can! It's the best kind of run for me. I only mentioned the Vote Kick option for those cases where their performance is as bad as you're saying and they are uncommunicative or even worse assault you if you politely tell them anything about it.


But my question remains. For performances as bad as the ones you're describing do you honestly need a parser to recognise them?

[Reisui]

But my question remains. For performances as bad as the ones you're describing do you honestly need a parser to recognise them?

I don't think it's about just recognizing them, but as explaining to the "bad" player that he lacks. Some sort of a proof.
As this is feedback the player could take with him.

[KonOkami]

I don't think it's about just recognizing them, but as explaining to the "bad" player that he lacks. Some sort of a proof.
As this is feedback the player could take with him.

Yes, but that can be achieved with a personal parser too. Everyone will inevitably start hearing left and right about the numbers everyone is hitting so they'll have a good idea of what the number is that they're supposed to reach. hell ,we even know these numbers now that parsers are "illegal".

[Seraphix2407]

But my question remains. For performances as bad as the ones you're describing do you honestly need a parser to recognise them?

No your English is good and I understand it, yes we are on the same page, I'm only saying why a parser should exist (in a hidden way) So I will make myself clear and answer your question:
Yes and no. First of all, I mind my own business when I do raids, primals or even roulettes. My job, if its a healer I focus healer and don't focus on what other people do, I focus on my own mechanics and the class I play on, otherwise I'll half ass it. If I keep look for flaw, I will end up being one in the party, not always the case, I can notice a bad group when boss dies slower than it usually does.
You can see a bad dps without a parser yes, but why do we I want one in the game to recongnise them? Well as I stated, I mind own my business and then see after whos doing low or high. Then a parser would be on everyone's screen and they can see how good or bad they do. The good thing having that showing up for bad players is because many who are in denial can finally see the truth and it's not something people say for fun they are doing low or bad, it's simply the truth. Truth hearts for some people, keep in mind many, many players think they do great until they find out they don't and they have to ''restart'' their class.

So to make it short, yes we do, because they have to realize how bad they are doing and how much of a burden they are in a group. How can a person know they do bad, even when they get told? By the source itself, simple.

Edit: Saw your post. Yes it can be with a personal parser, however, how do people know if they do good or bad if there are no info of other people in party? If 1 guy does 1400 and everyone else do 600 in hidden parser, how can they know? If its a open one they can see and compare themselves.

[Reisui]

Yes, but that can be achieved with a personal parser too. Everyone will inevitably start hearing left and right about the numbers everyone is hitting so they'll have a good idea of what the number is that they're supposed to reach. hell ,we even know these numbers now that parsers are "illegal".

True, a personal parser is a good step and exchanging numbers with friends will give you a global view on what the required dps is. But, what if he just doesn't care, you still can't give him a "valid" reason that he was bad. (Not using CD or doing the rotation correctly can be prove tho, but require you to pay attention to him even more)

Like I mentioned in a post earlier, that group-parser should be an option for the pre-made groups then (or you have a duplicate DF, one where parser is allowed and one not, but this is wishful thinking)

I know I'll probably will be called out, and depending on how they will tell me I was bad, I'll be hurt or not. But I will learn of it and be open to suggestions.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

Well, now that the excitement for the Mandeville event is done we come back to this? This amuses me.

So why do we still nitpick on DPS when we can answer "Yes" to their question ?

Well clearly we could've killed the boss 5 seconds faster if the healer DPS'd harder. /snark

[Reiryuu]

Why you nitpick thats okay everybody can see when a tank or a healer is failing to do its job?

You know as well as I do that parsers are used to judge Healers and Tanks, not just DPS jobs.

It's one thing to complain about the black mage who is casting blizzard III over and over again (It's also rather obvious. There is a distinct lack of booms. Don't need a parser there). It's a completely different thing to nitpick about the black mage you met in Antitower who does everything he's supposed to do in combat but can't meet the magic number you feel black mages should do for whatever reason.