Built-in Parsers

[Lazaruz]

SO STOP TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE KICKING OVER NUMBERS. Nothing will force you to use the parser (thus letting others use theirs) if you don't want to risk getting kicked.

Not to imply I was ever on your side to begin with, but this is a prime example of where you loose me on your train of thought, as you're blatantly overlooking the ammount of people in PF that would require a parser for endgame content. You're overlooking the fact that your "suggestion" for a built in tool would drasticly and irreparably divide the community into "parser" and "Non-parser", and once a developer goes hands off with allowing people to parse or not, there is a proven trackrecord out there that it will rapidly become a problem as it becomes expected within the playerbase to have it running, especially since there's no way of proving, for instance how many would actually be using it in FF14 if it wasnt because they fear they'll step outof line and get banned (a argument that goes out the window once there's a official parser tool)

But you're correct. No one is being "forced" to enable a parser under your suggestion for a built in tool. They just need to or eventually it will be next to impossible to get a competent group up and running (think DF queues for outdated Alliance raids prior to the roulette in 4.1)

And if you're getting mad over people "not listening to you" imagine how it feels being on the other side when the "pro parsers" time and time again fail to adress the very real concerns surrounding the implementation of official measuring tools, or atleast SE dropping the charade and going full hands off.

I've seen it myself during my time with other MMO's how hostile the community rapidly becomes once it becomes "expected" to parse your numbers, and I know for a fact that I will see it again if Square decides to fully stop caring if people use it in FF14