Would you like an in-game parser?

[JDR388]

No one that is pro-parser here wants it so they can bully people.

Isn't one of the primary points of the argument that you can use the parser to push others to play better? Consider that in dungeons you cannot send private messages to each other so any communication you have is public with the rest of the party. I am curious how you envision a conversation like that playing out. Even with the best intentions I think that it is very difficult to have that conversation without coming across as though you want to shame the individual which is really just bullying by other means. So I think your point about bullying, whether it is intended or not, is moot because the conversation itself will be more frequently read as bullying and shaming regardless of its intention.

Furthermore your numbered points consistently lean on the assumption that the majority of the playerbase actually wants to improve. I know from my experience as an educator that there is a very big difference between a student who wants to learn and a student who does not. No numerically based metric is going to make someone want to improve, especially if they have already learned that improvement is not necessary for the kind of content they want to play. In this sense you are also asking for players to conform to your idea of what a "good" player is but a "good" player may not mean a player that does the best dps to everyone.

That said I honestly couldn't care less about whether a parser is in the game or not. The opposite argument has equal problems and is often mired in emotional appeals. I think you might be better off attacking those points instead.