Would you like an in-game parser?

[Voltyblast]

I never said you claimed to be the best, the only thing I pointed out was that you claimed to know the job and part of knowing the job is understanding what stats to focus on for that job. Just tossing on whatever gear you have available because it has a higher ilvl than your previous item isn't understanding the job and is in fact just focusing on ilvl.

I do know what stats I need, which is Spell Speed (and crit and accuracy when needed: I did coil long ago so I learned a few things back then), but the thing is that I don't really care, because "I don't have to". See, before I could see my dps I was pretty lost at my performance: I liked monk but I never knew if my dps was high, same for MCH and then BLM. Now that I do, and that my dps is very high (much higher than I anticipated, especially with the "non-BiS" gear that I had), I can definitely improve even more but "for what purpose?". Dungeons don't require high gear to be completed and Alex Normal is pretty easy already. However they serve me for another purpose: learning how to manage my times, my cds and my movements, and so far I managed to dish out high damage through mechanics, which is something that SSS cannot simulate.

What I'm saying is, Parser helped me to achieve what I wanted: having fun with my dps class. Yes this is a game, it's all about having fun, and thanks to the parser I managed to see that "I don't suck at being a BLM" so now I stick with it, and most likely will drop tanking in the next patches. I don't need to get higher because I have no need to, hence I don't "care" to get higher for that little content I do. I get whatever gear I can because "why not? It's not that I'm doing any relevant content to bother with min-maxing stats!". If I was a raider though, this would be much different.

But if I see my performance dropping, that's when I'll start caring again.