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    Daul Ban
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    I think the biggest issue at hand is one of parity really. Despite the fact that SE has a don't ask don't tell policy about things, PC users have the option to use a parser, console users don't. Whether you think parsers make people jerks or not or enable them is sort of moot: for the entirety of the PC playerbase if they really wanted that ammunition to be a jerk they would be doing so. Adding PS4 users to it would just expand the pool of people who have the option, and unless people think console users are trash goblins that love spewing hate the issue is kind of moot.

    Regardless of whether you like parsers or not, SE's stance and the ease of access means that as of right now the issue of whether or not introducing parsers makes people act like jerks is kind of irrelevant. For PC users the choice is the status quo and has been for years. For console players who are interested in their DPS, this just looks like a case of it being unfair.

    To sort of shore up my point: regardless of the fact that SE doesn't have an official parser, unofficial alternatives perfectly fill the gap, but only for a proportion of the audience (PC users). The remaining part of the fanbase (the PS4 install base) is perfectly valid for wanting something that the rest of the community has.
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    Last edited by DaulBan; 09-07-2017 at 11:26 AM. Reason: grammar is hard
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