Quote Originally Posted by Zarabeth View Post
The best suggestion I've seen is a personal parser. Since there's really no need to see what everyone else is doing, that would work perfectly for everyone.
Yeah, pretty much this. A parser is an excellent tool in the right hands, but I've seen enough of this community to know that it would be abused if there was an official parser. I also agree that people should worry about themselves more than others. Tried running a parser in WoW for a time and it actually made me do worse because I was constantly watching the numbers. Since then I've relied on my own ability to play my class/job well in any game. I know for a fact I do fairly well, both in WoW in XIV because I know my stuff. Am I the best of the best? No, of course not. But I've never once had anyone complain about my dps and this is because I DON'T use a parser.