Letter to MR Yoshi: Why parses system is destroying the ffxiv world.

[JohnSeal]

So, you invented what for me is the best game ever, you a kind the God of gaming and please take this as a devoted prayer. The concept of parsing in-game is damaging our community and taking all the fun from this game, I always thought the concept of playing videogames is to have fun and online games should create a jubilant sense of aggregation among people, sharing achievements and cheer about but with the parses obsession many gamers have all of that is gone and replaced by a community of selfish people that care only about themselves and numbers, I mean on PF lately the situation degenerated. Nobody cares anymore about the game itself, I doubt many people still have fun and most important they take all the fun out from passionate players like me. Gamers greed, greed and greed, I don't see NINs use Shadewalker to help the tanks is ages, or anyone use enmity decreaser anymore, I see people argue about who gets the dragoon DS or PLDs forget about their interventions or other defensive single/raid wide skils, also most of the players don't use stuff like Adle, Reprisal, Feint. Sometimes in a simple weekly clear we need to wipe 3/4 times because of a melee greed on extra skills or they just get killed on basic stuff, the examples could be uncountable. For healers like me, it's even worst because all pressure is on you and people judge you not for your abilities or effectiveness on solving a crisis or save others from their own mistakes but for the amount of damage you deal, I mean it is easy to heal in a perfect party but a good healer you see it in difficult times! The concept of BIS that everybody is crazy about it's pointless for healers and tanks because what really matters I think are their skills of adapting and solving. The parses don't tell how many people ignore mechs or get hit by laser, beams, missiles or whatever when they shouldn't. I can keep everybody alive and do a great job with 2500 or 1000 Crit, with or without food doesn't really matter but sometimes I am forced to heal alone because the other healer wants a purple log and that's not fair! Same concept if someone wants to level up a new class FOR FUN or because it's an enjoyable new challenge, it's not possible because others treat you bad. I mean nobody can't deal 5/6 k of DPS with ALL their classes but still if you don't you get kicked! Same when you release some amazing new EX trial if someone fancy to farm it to get new weapons or to just play, you can't because they expect you to be a top player with their class or they throw you away. Long story short, the parses system create a real sort of DISCRIMINATION in the ffxiv world and that's really sad. We are in 2018 and still, it happens, if not for your skin colour or your social status or the clothes you wear, now even playing a game it happens...This system should be changed and I hope you will do something about.

Kind Regards
John

[SombraRose]

How about.....No.

[F_Maximillian]

Indeed. It forces discrimination against people who don't want to learn their job and expect others to pick up the slack for them. It forces people to accept that the jobs in this game are meant to be played a certain way that doesn't line up with their personal vision of how things should be. This kind of discrimination is totally fine with me.

[Tsumdere]

Make your own groups then?

[Dualgunner]

You don't pay my sub.

[Miste]

Long story short, the parses system create a real sort of DISCRIMINATION in the ffxiv world and that's really sad. We are in 2018 and still, it happens, if not for your skin colour or your social status or the clothes you wear, now even playing a game it happens.

It's not discrimination if people just don't want to play with you....you can't force people to play with you in a MMO if they don't want to...just like you can't force people irl to be your friend if they don't want to...

Comparing people not wanting to play with you on a MMO to serious real life issues of discrimination based on skin colour or social status is just really really wrong.


Edit: Thank you Lazlo~

Edit 2: We really need a new patch

[Lazlo69]

You should learn about paragraphs.

Also parses - in spite of not being supported by the game at large - are actually a way some people learn about their own shortcomings and improve to help both themselves and other players alike. Using parses as ways to insult others is entirely negative but they are a tool that can help people improve both enjoy the game more (obviously there is a likely correlation between improving and enjoying from a game perspective) but also be a better element in a group.

Report people using them as a way to insult but use them as a way to improve. If you don't see that, you're seriously wrong and potentially one of those players whom refuse to read guides, watch videos about EX fights or just someone who doesn't care about improving and not wasting others' time. And if that's really you, your opinion isn't worth anything. <3

Edit: Miste that's a cute sig

[KaivaC]

Ugh…another one of these? Man…some things will never change. Though I doubt you will come back as this seems to be a one-off post, let’s address some things.

I know you’re new to these forums, perhaps, but…what a conceited statement. How are players who use parsers any less passionate than players who don’t use it? Like, what does this even mean? About your posts about skill not being used…what in the world does that have to do with parsers? That point alone runs completely counter to what you are addressing – ideally, for example, NINs would throw Shadewalker on tanks to allow them to stay in their DPS stance. So…what does this have to do with parsers?

Actually…having read through your entire post multiple times, very little of it has anything at all to do with parsing. Leveling up for fun? And don’t get me started on that ridiculous assessment that you said about skin color and discrimination and the like. Maybe this post seems a bit harsh, but this post has little to do with parsers and everything else to do with bad players, inexperience, and lack of hoals in the game.

I invite you to respond and explain yourself. Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

edit: Dang, I thought I would've beaten others to this post first. Why are people in the habit to kicking up hornet's nests these days?

[Ameela]

Just want to point out that 9 time out of 10 the people who don't use those very useful abilities that everyone should be using are the "4fun" players who don't care about parsing and how their performance might be impacting the rest of the party.

[Rokke]

We are in 2018 and still, it happens, if not for your skin colour or your social status or the clothes you wear, now even playing a game it happens...

can we not