Would you like an in-game parser?

[KarstenS]

The question is "Do players in this game, FFXIV, need the parsers to clear content? Are parsers necessary?"

And the answer to that question - definitively and verifiably - is no, they aren't. Players have been clearing the content just fine without them for almost 3 years now - and doing so pretty darn quickly in many cases.

And you proof is where?

Its just what you think. But ist not what it is. You will not find a group, that have done a "current tier" endgame raid without knowing their performance.

Did you have finished just a single one of this type of content as long it was "current content"?

I will eat my shorts if you did. So where do you take your "knowledge"?

The answer to your question is: No.