Would you like an in-game parser?

[Miste]

If you want to go this route...

Remember how great it was when the teacher decided to give you group projects and put students in the groups randomly?

It is so similar to DF it is scary.

Oh boy, I hated group projects. Yes, unfortunately it is very similar to DF lol

Mostly because I was a very determined student so I always worked my hardest to get top grades. I knew high grades could help me with scholarships and grants because I am not rich nor is my family.

Usually the class (or program in college) figured this out about me pretty fast due to my overall studious nature, being able to answer questions easily, and help others study for tests/exams etc. Or gossip about my grades or GPA.

So I'd get thrown into a random group of students for a project that the prof chose. Well all those students knew they'd be golden because they knew I wouldn't let myself get a bad grade. So some of them either don't do anything or only do the bare minimum so you couldn't go to the prof to complain or something. They knew with me in their group they'd get an A+.

Usually would end up me at the last minute the night before the due date rushing to finish a part that was not even touched by the student who was supposed to handle it. Or finishing up another student's only partly finished contribution. Usually you have a week or more to do these group projects, so these students could have come and asked other members including me for assistance because they were stuck or didn't know what to do, but they almost never do. They just stay silent and either pretend they are doing their part or just don't mention it.

So to me this behavior very inconsiderate; they don't care that they are pushing their work off onto someone else and making them rush at the last minute. I'd even prefer if they just straight up told the group "I am not doing my share". At least I would know at the beginning so I can just plan the extra work into my schedule instead of rushing at the last minute.

This sadly feels relate-able to DF sometimes, but a game is just a game. It isn't the same as achieving good grades in school which could possibly affect your future etc. So it's not exactly the same thing, but still kinda sadly familiar. So while I think it is inconsiderate not to put forth the effort to contribute your fair share to a team/group effort. I realize not all people do it on purpose in FFXIV. If I thought that I'd be making assumptions.

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.

Well like I said in another post I am not pro or con for parser I am just neutral I don't care if they add one or not. I can see both sides and I understand and respect both opinions.

What I posted is just my observation I feel there is too much paranoia about parsers. Fact is no one knows how the community will be if an official parser was added tomorrow. You can try to compare to other games, but FFXIV is not other games. It is its own separate community. It may have some overlap with other online communities but it is unique in itself. No one community is exactly the same as another. So they may react differently to different things. I respect that some hold the opinion that it would make the community worse because its a valid opinion to have. I just personally feel some responses are using odd arguments that lean too much on paranoia to try to prove parsers are a bad thing.

Another thing that needs to stop is the generalizations. On both sides. The main reason I called out Preypacer is because they were just being a bully because of the rude comments they make. All they seem to do is lump people into generalizations because they believe they are that sort of person just because of something they wrote (or just because they like parsers) even if it didn't have any outwardly rude behavior in it. The assumptions are getting out of hand.

Just because someone is pro-parser doesn't mean they are going to use an official parser to be rude to other players or call them out or anything of the sort. Some people are just claiming others will do this just because they like parsers etc. Stop doing this. You are demonizing people just because they have a differing opinion. It's like if I hated bacon because some guy threw some at me one time and hit me in the face with it and then I turn around and say all people who like bacon are jerks. Yeah...no, not true at all.

Just because someone is anti-parser doesn't mean they are lazy, bad, don't want to be held accountable etc. Them not wanting an official parser could have nothing to do with how they play their job. Laziness happens; I get that. I am sure some players you come across are just being lazy. Problem is you can't just call people lazy just because they aren't doing as good as you could etc. Unless they openly say "I am just being lazy" then you are just making assumptions. Everyone has a skill cap; what you consider "bad" might be all they are capable of due to being new to games, new to the job they are playing, new to the content, etc. It might take them twice or even three times as long to learn to play a job/content correctly compared to you; everyone learns at different speeds.

You don't need a parser to be good at this game or jobs in it. Anti-parser players probably have a lot of people who are just fine at their jobs they just would prefer not to poke the sleeping bull as it were and introduce official parsers where certain players can use it to abuse others. I totally get that as being a possible problem. I just know it is fact we don't know if it would end up being THAT bad. As I said I don't know if this community is THAT toxic. We have people be jerks already anyway I am not sure if it would get worse because of this. Or just stay mostly the same with the typical 'would have been jerks anyway' players still doing their jerk job etc.