Would you like an in-game parser?

[Moomba33]

I will say though I have noticed something with the FFXIV community and SE has noticed it as well we are very competitive. They are adding leaderboards to content like Feast and soon to be Deep Dungeon. This is just a theory but would perhaps parsers have the same effect because people would want to be the "best" and this in turn would increase DPS in DF? Then you can say the issue would be people wouldn't focus on mechanics but I don't think that would be the case because people would still want to clear content.

The competitive aspect is another reason I don't want group parsers in DF honestly. I'm not a competitive person and I don't want my cooperative Expert Roulettes to turn into a competition between the DPS.

[Remus]

The competitive aspect is another reason I don't want group parsers in DF honestly. I'm not a competitive person and I don't want my cooperative Expert Roulettes to turn into a competition between the DPS.

You don't need to compete. I just gave that as an example of a theory. For some people competitiveness drives them. If you don't care about competing but your DPS is fine nothing to worry about I can understand where you are coming from with your statement though.

[Lambdafish]

The competitive aspect is another reason I don't want group parsers in DF honestly. I'm not a competitive person and I don't want my cooperative Expert Roulettes to turn into a competition between the DPS.

I understand where Remus is coming from. The idea is to encourage peoples competitive sides, for those who have them. Give incentive to see higher numbers rather than saying "get to the end at your own pace". If that doesn't interest you then you simply don't have to do it. It's not a competition between DPS (that would be dumb in a dungeon with a MNK and BRD), its a competition between a DPS and his past "high score".