An alternative to parsers...

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Because he can not endorse people hacking the game since it's against the ToS. Believe me when I say that any time "you" as the official word of god on some project says something that gets misinterpreted, can be the difference of millions of dollars in lawsuits from people getting their account terminated because they thought Yoshi-P was secretly approving something. In customer service, if you can't find it in the ToS, it doesn't exist, the customer is wrong or right entirely by how it is worded.

Much like other MMORPG games, if you use tools on the game, don't ever mention the name of the tools, the websites they are available on, or post any screenshots or video to youtube with such tools running otherwise you're on a one-way trip to ban-town. Have you noticed how many times "temporary ban" shows up in the ban reports?
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...9e80c6b37a8c65

Really? Twitch streamers would like to have a word with you since parses are clearly visible on their streams, virtually every raid group uploading a kill has it running and there are multiple guides from prominent players explaining exactly how to set it up all up. If SE cared like you seem to believe they do, why hasn't any of this been removed? Regardless, you're proving yourself a hypocrite. As Akan said, why is Yoshida's word law regarding healer DPS but suddenly it doesn't matter now?

[akaneakki]

Seein both Disembowel and Chaos Thrust on and no phlebotomize is triggering me x'D
How do you even arrive at this situation?

The same mindset with most people as shit dies before time runs out doesn't matter how long it takes. I actually left right after seing this tho haha. Yeahb same here, it actually triggers me since they all line up together too... oh well haha!

[Dualgunner]

Really? Twitch streamers who like to have a word with you since parses are clearly visible on their streams, virtually every raid group uploading a kill has it running and there are multiple guides from prominent players explaining exactly how to set it up all up. If SE cared like you seem to believe they do, why hasn't any of this been removed? Regardless, you're proving yourself a hypocrite. As Akan said, why is Yoshida's word law regarding healer DPS but suddenly it doesn't matter now?

I also take issue with that "much like other MMOs." What other MOMs? WildStar practically begs you to have third party support as well and WoW have tons of third party support.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Who says the people that cleared the fight weren't carried, or was dead for most of the fight when they did? Who says that the people who haven't cleared it yet never watched a video, and doesn't have a high enough awareness and knowledge of the class where they would die less/equal to the amount of times of someone who has cleared?

If they die too often, they will be kicked or the group disbands. Simply put, I couldn't care less. If I make a farm party, the intent is to kill the boss as fast as possible. Watching a video isn't going to make you an expert and if I were interested in teaching, I would join or create a learning party. You aren't entitled to a clear because you want one.

[Sinrai]

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No, just...no. I'd like this game to stay without this kind of performance pressure, thank you very much. There already is something for people who want to do well in this game, it's called Savage and Extreme.

And a mount? Are you serious? Yeah, I can already hear people complain about that. Not happening.

I myself strive to always do my best and apologize when my performance on a certain day is subpar and hurts the group. But this system would sap the fun right out of the game for me and I daresay a lot of players.

[akaneakki]

No, just...no. I'd like this game to stay without this kind of performance pressure, thank you very much. There already is something for people who want to do well in this game, it's called Savage and Extreme.

Yeah sure, but this is in normal mode, can you please take a min to explain why this happened?

[Erys]

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Performance pressure? When everything you get is only extra?
Only you get to see it and only you get to pressure yourself if you want to get extra rewards xD
It's like saying you are pressured to do savage. It's an extra, you either do it or not. Will encourage people who want to take advantage of it, whoever doesn't give a fuck won't give a fuck xD

[Taika]

However, group accessible parser's seems like a breeding ground for elitism.

How exactly?

I mean sure, a parser can be used to identify and kick members with low DPS from groups. But in what kind of situations do you imagine this would happen? I can imagine this happening in extreme primals and Savage raids where certain level of DPS is required to (comfortably) beat the fight. In these situations I think it's ok to expect all party members to carry their weight by contributing their equal share of DPS, and if they can't do that, they can be removed from party (and then they can proceed to practice more and trying the fight again when they're able to play their part in that particular fight). But I really can't imagine this happening in casual content like 4 person dungeons or 24 person raids. Sure, someone may get kicked if they're ridiculously underperforming (which I guess is also justified), but I'm sure everyone who is performing around or not-too-far-below average will be just fine. Some people might try to require ridiculous amounts of DPS for their party finder groups, but I doubt they'll have easy time filling those (and, in the end, most people joining those aren't likely to fill the requirements in the first place), and most people are likely to settle for "good enough to comfortably beat the fight" DPS.

[Dualgunner]

Performance pressure? When everything you get is only extra?
Only you get to see it and only you get to pressure yourself if you want to get extra rewards xD
It's like saying you are pressured to do savage. It's an extra, you either do it or not. Will encourage people who want to take advantage of it, whoever doesn't give a fuck won't give a fuck xD

Tbh I like your idea a lot. Maybe just cuz I effing love Devil May Cry.

[DRHaymaker]

If they die too often, they will be kicked or the group disbands.

Which is fair... but it doesn't prove the point that "NO BONUS" doesn't have an elitist tone to it.

Watching a video isn't going to make you an expert

So... did everyone who ever clear never watch/read a guide? Do you think everyone starts at "blind learning party"? That seems kind of silly especially since in my time in MMOs, "learning parties" are pretty unique to XIV. Also having "no bonus" attached to you doesn't make you an expert either, and having one doesn't make you a complete noob - while alts are rare, that doesn't mean they don't exist. Of course, no one is going to believe that it's "just an alt", so they'll get lumped in the same group regardless... how is that not elitist?