Would you like an in-game parser?

[SilversLyu]

It's just that this game is full of toxic players, but not in the sense that you see in WoW where they straight call you out for bs. At the end of the day official parsers being in the game or not doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things imho, if anything it would be a positive and would create a more competitive environment for the respective high end content with less of the usual clownery - probably. Casuals will cry tho and this game will be set aflame by the firestorm it creates so probably not gonna happen.

[Kaurhz]

There's plenty of ways to be shitty without breaking the ToS. The ToS can't fix human behavior, but the game can avoid incentivizing bad behavior.
As for third party plugins, there are ways to crack down on that if they really want to.

Sure, but the point is those people would do it regardless of whether the tool exists or not. The only difference is that the tool would or would not give validation to a point being made. So it comes down to whether you feel 'threatened' by that reference or not. I suppose in this sense the proverb "Ignorance is bliss" fits well.

If I am honest, I would much rather they try and create valid alternatives to these tools before actually going after them in the first place, because they would lose a good customer base. Inherently a parser isn't bad, it's just entirely a people issue, frankly, and how websites, e.g., FFLogs deal with their data and present it to players/users. If they create alternatives to them, then they have a whole lot more control, and going after certain plugins would be a lot more pragmatic, granted, I personally don't think that would be entirely healthy because it just starts a witch-hunt in different facets of the game. Besides, [arsing, for example, provides a lot of competitive players, and/or those that enjoy pushing content to the boundary a good slice of replayable content, and they understand that much - They will never touch that, because ultimately they themselves benefit from it.

[Saranade]

Did y'all need damage parsers for literally any of the other FF series that were on a Nintendo, or SNES or Playstation 1? Y'all so handicapped its hilarious

[Mosha]

Did y'all need damage parsers for literally any of the other FF series that were on a Nintendo, or SNES or Playstation 1? Y'all so handicapped its hilarious

Gee those single-player FF games totally weren't data mined and RNG manipulated for speedrunning it's almost like I don't need a parser because I'm playing by myself. no one gives a shit if I made my Basch a WHM.

[ForteNightshade]

Gee those single-player FF games totally weren't data mined and RNG manipulated for speedrunning it's almost like I don't need a parser because I'm playing by myself. no one gives a shit if I made my Basch a WHM.

I'll have you know Tidus, Auron and Yuna were very upset that one night I fell asleep while fighting Seymour. They were so angry, in fact, they... stayed in the exact same spot for hours!!

[Renalt]

I'll have you know Tidus, Auron and Yuna were very upset that one night I fell asleep while fighting Seymour. They were so angry, in fact, they... stayed in the exact same spot for hours!!

Hopefully it was during the final encounter cause that song was a banger.

[Mosha]

I'll have you know Tidus, Auron and Yuna were very upset that one night I fell asleep while fighting Seymour. They were so angry, in fact, they... stayed in the exact same spot for hours!!

being a Brit in a NA static people do get mad when you sleep through raid.

[kpxmanifesto]

Yes, but I would only like a personal in game parser.

Yes, it's a good tool to help players improve their skills. It's kind of like how racing games tell you what your best lap time is, so you can come back later and try to do better than that.

[ChrisRedfield2]

Why the hell would you get a permanent ban for telling someone they are underperforming ?

Because they want this game to cater to carebears

[VelKallor]

Because they want this game to cater to carebears

SE is well aware of the potential for abuse and misuse, as it has been elsewhere, so with that example in mind, the devs have chosen not to give players excuses for, or to enable, toxic behaviour.