After reading a bunch of these replies I guess I don't really have that much of an issue with parsing, so long as it doesn't become the way we judge players in this game (yes, it's in my profile blurb as a negative, but only because I can't handle brospeak). For personal improvement, group improvement, performance breakdown etc, it is an effective tool because its faster than trying to watch what everyone is doing. However, it should never be used to shame or justify shitty behavior--and if becomes a thing on console then yes, it's going to get abused that way. And most of the ppl who do so won't even be 'elitists', they'll just be assholes. As they always were.

On the whole, I think elitists usually hang with other elitists and I encourage this behavior.

(Otherwise I'll get them in an ARR leveling dungeon and they'll leave at spawn because ALL MY SKILLS ARE GONE AND I CANNOT MAR THE PERFECTION THAT IS MY HOTBAR. --This used to happen pretty regularly before SB.)

Also, I don't think PF with set iLvls are really that elitist. It's pretty much just a stopgap to ensure a base level of DPS. You can grind some fairly easy content for the tomes needed for the gear. -And regular Exdeath is a joke. Get them Crystalloids.