Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
This is all great. But it doesn't answer my question. How would an in-game parser NOT be toxic? Believe me, I am all for fact over perception but in all honestly, you really responded to very little of what I addressed despite quoting me directly.

I don't have any confusion, nor used rDPS as a means to harass other players. After my post, do you really feel you need to explain to me what in-game harassment is? However, maybe I am misinterpreting your intent. In any case, the prevention of harassing other players is exactly what I am going for so I believe we share a common goal here.

If a parser is used in any way to correct another player, it is no longer a personal parser. You understand this, right? If you think tossing out facts exempts condescending/toxic behavior, you are also mistaken. That's not the way this game, or the world works.
Because the assumption typically thrown around here is people aren't toxic without a parser and suddenly would become such if we were allowed to discuss ACT openly. And that simply isn't true as evident by numerous examples. People who are toxic find ways to spew their rhetoric without the need of a parse. Those aren't, will not abruptly turn into assholes because they can see your DPS.

Nor is this an individualistic game. If I have a Monk in my party pulling only 3,500 DPS while every other DPS is well beyond 5,000. They're contributing almost half as much to the overall group. Why isn't I be able to point that out? It isn't toxic to say, "Um, Monk? What's going on? Your damage is really low." If they feel otherwise, well, too bad. It's inconsiderable they join an EX Suzaku party and expect everyone else to carry them through because they can't be bothered to learn a proper rotation. Frankly, I find that attitude far more toxic than the example I gave.