Quote Originally Posted by xMoonshadow View Post
If you are try to improve, a better tool is to record your fights and see where you are making mistakes. Analyzing a fight to understand where to stand, when to use CDs, how to change your rotation to fit the fight is more help than have a raw parser number. A parser gives you and number , but no supporting supporting data that can help you improve. You could the a fight with the same gear and use the same rotation but get two very different numbers. Why, may you got hit with RNG mechanics that jail you or the boss was position badly so you parsed low. Maybe you got party buff you didn't realized and parsed high. Parses can be helpful , but alone they are not great tool for improving on fights.
This is wrong. You are talking about a DPS meter, not a parser.
A parser records every action, position and timing, allignment of buffs and debuffs.
So you get all the same like with a video record, you need just the right interpretation and even for that are tools out there like fflogs and xivanalysis.