How does SE justify these ten min enrages, but doesnt let anyone know their dps

[Welsper59]

Didn't read all 17 pages, so not sure if this was stated. For as long as this argument about parsers has existed, most people involved are misguided in their belief on what happens with parsers being allowed.

The pro-parser crowd seems to be under the false belief that parsers will magically make terrible players play better by its allowance. For the 13+ years I've played WoW, this has not once been a fact. Not a single point in the games history has that been a universal action.

What is a fact about parsers though is that it helps everyone that is willing to improve. Bolded for emphasis. If the player currently is not willing to improve in this game, parsers will not do anything. I've seen arguments in response to that being along the lines of "well they would improve because people would call them out on it", but to that I have to point out how that is, in fact, the witch hunt mentality that the devs currently are against. It only hurts the pro-parser argument thinking that. For the individual and their static group, parsers are what you want to use if you want to improve. Given the situation unofficial allowance of parsers for such a thing, you're kind of set right now.

With the anti-parsers group, witch hunts already exist in some form. People that are d-bags are going to be d-bags with or without a parser. Once they cross a line, even if parsers were officially allowed, report them. Nothing changes from what it is now, besides the concept that they have one more tool to use to expose themselves. If anything, that can be looked at as a positive point. Peer pressure to improve is NOT always a bad thing. Most of the time, that can be good, especially if it's said player that is either causing the group to wipe or is always being carried. Being pushed to improve is normal in life. Don't want to be poor? Do what needs to be done to land a good job. The higher up the ranks you want to be, the more effort you have to put into it, even if the effort involves sacrifice.

Now when it comes to the devs, you gotta remember that it's under the general Japanese mentality. Working with what's there to improve, if that's what your goal is. Part of the "fun" being figuring it out and hoping for the best. Sometimes that involves being told every little detail, but it's rarely expected. I'd hope most of us would agree that anything outside of Savage and some Extreme fights at any point of this game, parsing isn't exactly a mandatory thing that upgrading some gear wouldn't solve for a player that plays all right. Yeah, it is kind of backwards as to why they don't just allow parsers officially, but not having their own system for it isn't unusual. That's actually par for the course.

I'm actually more of the pro-parser crowd than the anti. Despite that though, I personally do not find any significant reason for there to be any change on where we are now about it. It'd be nice that they were officially allowed, likewise with addon support in general, but parsers are not something that would change the game for the better, nor would it make it worse.