Would you like an in-game parser?

[Frowny]

^ Depends on the fights. In some DPS is lower due to the boss disappearing. 1500 at i255 may be "meh" on a 3min dummy to see what you cap at... but in a fight where you have to move etc. it isn't low.

I've seen a blm new to a12n get kicked for doing 1500 instead of 1800, been harassed because I missed one or two KassAtsu's in a10n while keeping TA on CD and managing my buffs and dots appropriately, and saw a bard being kicked for using mage Ballad to help the low MP healers during a nondps check phase in a11n. It happens. You may not see it, but it happens.

People are always going to be jerks, period. If they don't have raw numbers they will find another reason. In content where a parser works really well, people know class strengths.

Also, WHY do people against it keep going to an all or nothing!? "Well, people will see my numbers..." Not if it is a personal one. It seems like people clinging to the all or nothing just to make a nuclear armageddon scenario... even tho kicks for low DPS are an extremely small minority as it is. There is a possible compromise (which has been mentioned soooo many times), stop going to absolute doomsday scenarios that are already incredibly rare.

Edit: I too also call bull. 1800 in that fight is on the high end, A10N isn't a DPS check and I've yet to see bards get yelled at for playing songs.... they usually get yelled at TO play them. Even if it is true, these are just people being jerks which is always going to happen. Best thing you can do is correct them or be an adult and ignore them. Unless they offer genuine feedback to help, they're not worth acknowledging or getting upset over.