Would you like an in-game parser?

[Reynhart]

Honestly, the stories you're providing have more to do with those people than parsers themselves. I understand having bad experiences, and I'm sorry you dealt with that, but as the old saying goes, "don't shoot the messenger," cause that's all a parser ever is: a messenger.

A parser is not a messenger, it's a tool. Yes, tools aren't inherently bad or good, but this has shown some really immature member.
You see, I wouldn't give baseball bat for free in a kindergarden...

Like I really don't know if this community is THAT toxic (and people are just assuming this will happen). Not saying there aren't jerks who will be a jerk with parsers but honestly they were probably going to be jerks anyway even without an official parser.

That's still not a reason to give them another mean to be so. That's why I suggested a toggled parser, to deal appropriately with each person you meet.

Healers + Tanks have had to deal with accountability from day 1, with the kind of logic the anti parser people throw around, we may as well remove the HP bar, MP bar and Emnity meter.

Did you die ? No ? Then your healer did his job.
Did you get aggro, was your tank OS by a tankbuster ? No ? Then he did his job.
But, when you're beginning to bitch about your healer because he too much or too litlle overheal...And I'm sure we'll come to bitching about tank having too much HP at the end of each buster, meaning they didn't use the right combination of cooldown for each buster...or that they were having too much vitality back in the days /wink /wink

Did you wipe on enrage on savage ? No ? Then it doesn't matter if your DPS weren't optimal.

Maybe that useless dexterity potion could contribute more than I expected? You know, waste of gil, the effect is too short, barely noticeable... it did not seem worth it.

Sorry, but if you need a parser to understand that boosting your main stat will boost your damage by a lot, you have another problem

[Archaell]

Sorry, but if you need a parser to understand that boosting your main stat will boost your damage by a lot, you have another problem

Tell me how exactly are you supposed to tell without any feedback? As I said - The effect is short, the CD is long, it really did not seem so great.

The main point is I would still have no idea without the parser or someone else parsing and telling me.

Getting better at dpsing is much easier with the parser than without it - or would you say that most of the players are so good they don't need the feedback parser gives them?

[Reynhart]

Tell me how exactly are you supposed to tell without any feedback? As I said - The effect is short, the CD is long, it really did not seem so great.

Easy (and 100% weight free):
1) Compare the DEX bonus on your gear, and the dex bonus on the potion.
2) Realize how many ilvl you'd need to have to same gain on DEX.
3) Be amazed
Yes, the duration is short, but since you burn pretty much everything during your opening rotation, the effect is tremendous.

Getting better at dpsing is much easier with the parser than without it - or would you say that most of the players are so good they don't need the feedback parser gives them?

I never denied that. What bugs me is that people think it's necessary. I don't know if I'm really good compared to other DRG, since I don't use a parser, but what I know is that I've improved a lot without any parser, by looking at guides and videos, and training on SSS.

we are not talking about 100 dps below average >_> but more like players who are doing HALF the amount of damage as others. Tanks and healers topping the DPS meters... etc...

Like I said, several times, if you really do half the damage you're supposed to do, it either means that you failed pretty much every mechanic and died, or that your rotation is so flawed that wouldn't even beat SSS. Either way, you don't need a parser to realize that.