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[Kyuuen]

Parsers exist in World of Warcraft for 12+ years, and nobody is salty, fear them or feel "insulted" by them.

Oh I assure you, there are plenty that are. Take a few trips through LFR and that's plenty enough proof on it's own.

I can even attest to having been one of those people throughout BC up till the mid point of WotLK when Fury Warriors became gods with ArmPen builds becoming the go to as the approach to 100% got closer. And then becoming the opposite and using Skada/Recount (parsers) to flaunt what I could do.

They very much do exist in each aspect.

They help a lot in general balance and rotation practice, because an awful thing, called "StoneSeaSomething" won't help me optimize MCH rotation or search for a better solution/combination/rotation. It doesn't help to improve either.

No. No they do not. Parsers do not make you a good player or even knowledgeable about your class/job. What you do with the information from a parser can make you a good player, just as easily as make you a bad one if you don't know how to utilize a parser or understand what you should be putting out.

Just as equally as simply reading your abilities and applying forethought and testing can make you a good player. It's all in how it's used.

As for FFXIV, i just feel that people here don't want to improve, play casually and fear parsers in general. However, every good player out there in high/top tier raiding do use parser, so people can't hide "500 DPS 260ilvl" perfomance or afk/liching. Be aware of that, when you join something like "Zurvan EX 260+ ilvl DPS check" farming or something.

Some do, certainly not all. I consider myself a good Nin and I don't use one. /shrug

Also, unlike healers or tanks, it's impossible to know and give a commend to a DPS player, unless you use parser and see how they perform in general.

I'm gonna be a little rude, but that is just flat out BS. If you're simply paying attention you can spot those that are doing really well. It can be very obvious in XIV.