Is this truly wrong?

[Trensharo]

If you are doing everything right, and you know for a fact you are, then everything else falls into place. The focus needs to be on yourself, not others. Don't compare, just do.

I used a parser in WoW for awhile since they are permitted there. It actually made me do worse because I was always watching my numbers compared to other people. When I deleted that addon and began to focus on my own skill and made sure I was doing what was required, I was better for it. Usually in the top 5 at the very least in most cases there.

Carried that mentality over to XIV and it has never led me astray, but I'm always looking to improve my rotations if I'm able.

There is a setting in the parser in WoW that tells it to only show it when it is not in combat. Everyone I know knows the setting is there. People who are annoyed or distracted by the parser in combat used it. I did.

And, while parsers are annoying when people flaunt them or use them to grief others, how else are you going to gauge your improvements or regressions? Beg others to parse for you and upload to a website every single time you want to see something?

I don't see a point in inconveniencing myself simply because I'm too lazy to set up the software in a way that wouldn't distract me during an encounter.