Built-in Parsers

[Taika]

How many MMO's have you played? I've only played four, and two of them had easy-to-obtain parsers. "Do this much DPS or we're kicking you" "You're doing 3% less than what you should be, we're kicking you" etcetc. It happens A LOT in those games. The reason why is because there is a numerical value. Parser's are definitely a great tool, but certain people don't deserve to have a tool like that.

I've played mainly this one (endgame focused), but this one's been heavily parsed for the whole time, and all my groups have been parsed (both statics and pugs). I have not witnessed the behaviour you're describing. Earlier in this thread I checked there are well over 110 000 individual parses published for OS1 - that should tell you something about how commonly all party finder content is already parsed this moment. There's no reason to assume having an official parser would change the behaviour of the people who are already parsing this content. And, once again, treating people badly would still not be any more allowed than it is now.

Edit: To add, I think parties are and should be allowed to set their own entry requirements (talking about PF content here, not random groups). If the party leader wants to set "5k DPS or kick" or "1 mistake and kick" groups, they're very much allowed to do so. I won't join those parties, and everyone else has that exact same right, official parser or not (and as you know there already are groups like that, even without an official parser). People who wish to play more casually and set more reasonable expectations are free to do just that as well. And even if an official parser would be added, it should be an optional feature, available for those parties that wish to use it and not forced on those who don't.