Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
Numerous people have claimed the opposite regarding WoW; that its toxicity comes from a variety of places, not simply parsers.
I'd love to hear what these other places are because a huge chunk of the toxicity in WoW I encountered was related to parsers. It may even have been most of it.

The games change but players stay the same. If FFXIV gets an official parser I'll be shocked if the mentality towards it is different to WoW. Before parsers were commonplace in that game the community wasn't too different to how XIV is right now. I'd love to be proven wrong but it's unlikely.

Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
Even taken at face value. I, personally, disagree with a coddle mentality. They took this approach with Feast chat and look how well that worked? It's among the many reasons people won't even bother with PvP. Regardless, wouldn't it be better to reap the benefits of a helpful tool while simultaneously banning people who abuse it? After all, if they did feel emboldened to harass people, they'll be caught much quicker than they would otherwise.
Prevention is better than cure.

It's very wishful thinking to imply that parsers would make it easier to clamp down on jerks. A lot of people don't report poor behaviour because they don't know how to or are so demoralised after the event they see little point. If parsers helped the behaviour of the community in a positive way...well all these threads about how parsers may or may not cause drama wouldn't exist.

And I disagree with calling it a coddle mentality. Since when is it coddling to want to reduce the chance of encountering harassment as a victim or observer? It's a bad thing now to want to minimise needless drama? What a depressing thought.