Would you like an in-game parser?

[Kaurie]

There will never be official numbers posted. EVER. SSS tells you if you are doing enough dps to complete an encounter before enrage mechanics happen. Parsers - tell you what your dps is. You know what DPS stands for right? Damage Per Second? All they are doing is giving a numerical value to the exact same thing that SSS does.. just SSS doesn't show numbers. It just says "pass" or "fail." In the end, that's all you need.

You are right, they likely will never have official numbers. It's a shame though, as I feel it would help this game and its playerbase immensely.

I realize what DPS stands for, and the numerical number is useful. I mean it's similar to any sort of numerical measure of something. "I know that when I drive home, it takes 10 minutes" vs "I drove 100 kph on my way home". Obviously, the reasoning for those values are very different than in the game - where you don't want to go too fast to stay within legal limits or close to, whether your concern is for safety or for avoiding tickets.

In terms of the game, DPS meters are useful for guaguing how your damage changes based on encounters and your changes within those encounters. During SSS, sure you can pull whatever DPS - great job. That isn't going to show if it is actually better to save your cooldowns for when Twinkledinks is large or small in A5S (note that it appears it is not better to save your cooldowns and to use them when you can). It won't show you how your numbers change when you adjust your rotation on Ravana ex with the damage up/down buffs. It won't show how your numbers change when you have to swap between AoE/single target for add phases. It won't show how your numbers change as you are doing mechanics. ... and so on.

SSS has one use, and that is to see if you are worthy of attempting content or not. It doesn't actually help you improve yourself within said content. It also doesn't help your team understand what needs to be addressed when not meeting DPS checks. An interesting aside, hard DPS checks are extremely prevalent in this game, which seems counter-intuitive given the stance on parsers.

From my personal experience, I've only seen SSS used as a "I beat A8S dummy! \o/" announcements via FC chat. Often these are announcement by people who actively parse on PC. Players on PS4 that I know don't even know where SSS even is. A NIN in my static, for example, was asking me just the other day - and he actively works to improve his numbers.

As one final aside:

You know what DPS stands for right? Damage Per Second?

That's not something you say to someone, unless you are genuinely concerned and you phrase it more respectfully. It's a very rude way of disagreeing with someone.

While not exactly the same thing Rawrz was referencing, it's the same idea. When you are asking these questions, you are phrasing it in a way that is extremely condescending and rude, rather than honest and helpful.