Would you like an in-game parser?

[zmandude24]

Sure why not because it worked out well for the WoW community. I hear people saying they were flamed for low dps in an easy dungeon that takes 10 minutes to clear, not to mention the fact that no one pays attention to raid mechanics in that game due to needing to top the dps meters. Although a personal dps meter is a great idea to gauge how well you are playing your class if you look up guides that show what you should be doing at your level/gear.

[Rawrz]

Sure why not because it worked out well for the WoW community. I hear people saying they were flamed for low dps in an easy dungeon that takes 10 minutes to clear, not to mention the fact that no one pays attention to raid mechanics in that game due to needing to top the dps meters. Although a personal dps meter is a great idea to gauge how well you are playing your class if you look up guides that show what you should be doing at your level/gear.

If you fail mechanics, because you're trying to keep up with your dps, your dps will be low... because death... No one cares if you did 1700 dps in that one phase, if you didn't even clear with that dps. A parser can even show you if someone died, trying to reach that dps. Your goal should be, as much dps as I can squeeze without endangering the raid's/party's success.

I do understand your concern for extremists.