Would you like an in-game parser?

[Lambdafish]

If they give you a parser, suddenly, you're allowed to express all your asshole-ry on those DPS. That's a change, but not a very nice one, in my opinion

The flip side of this is that the parser would be readily available to everyone (my key argument to allow parsers is regarding PS4 players), so the DPS in question would know their DPS ahead of time (hopefully) and can improve based on that. In an ideal world this would radically shift the community mentality to one where we enforce the fact that DPS numbers matter in a game where ultimately DPS NUMBERS DO MATTER.

Bottom line is that we are divided because the game teaches players that they can play how they want and that numbers shouldn't matter, but then enforces the opposite by having DPS checks and strict enrages.

I'm not denying that assholes won't abuse the system, but in my opinion that is better than confusing and misinforming players into a false sense of skill just so they can feel good about themselves, because doing that actually creates more assholes on both sides than allowing a parser.