Quote Originally Posted by Kezy_Kaatapoh View Post
The other 3rd party stuff PC can use, while nice, is more preferential.
Forgive me when I laugh. Do you even know what kinds of things you can do with the data from a parser? Simple DPS meter is just a tiny start, you can build entire boss mods with that (deadly boss mods ring any WoW bells?). How about a nice program that calculates and displays enemy LB availability and the most important cooldowns in PvP? Puuurely preferential. And don't forget the class helper that tells you exactly when to use which CD based on experiences and theorycrafting via a nifty little message. Just to name a few things SE would likely tolerate.

How about bots that do things automatically for you, like using an interrupt on a specific spell or going full on auto-pilot grinding? Still preferential? I can tell you those are immensely useful! And those sweet, sweet teleport hacks. And just as forbidden as a parser.

See where I'm getting at? Each of these programs provides a substantial advantage. They are all equally against the rules. And as long as SE lets this violation slide, there is inequality. Once SE enforces the rules, including parsers, there is equality. So again, if you want equality, ask SE to enforce the rules. Not incorporate single programs in a pool of dozens into the game. That is pointless without enforcement of the rules. And once rules are being enforced, there is no inequality anymore in the first place, so the reason falls flat. That's why it's an invalid argument.

And I know your post contained more. I just don't really care because I had my fair share of these kinds of debates. I just want people to repeat 'valid' arguments over and over again back and forth for 40+ pages with nothing to show for it.