How would an optional, official parser be toxic?

[SleepyNeko]

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I see, thank you for your reply. A bit off topic now, but does "Duty Complete" from duty finder not work when you are in a Party?

On topic: I'm not against using parser for yourself to help improve your performance, but as many others have pointed out, all the people who wishes to use parsers already use them, so what benefits do we gain by making an official one?

[HyoMinPark]

I see, thank you for your reply. A bit off topic now, but does "Duty Complete" from duty finder not work when you are in a Party?

On topic: I'm not against using parser for yourself to help improve your performance, but as many others have pointed out, all the people who wishes to use parsers already use them, so what benefits do we gain by making an official one?

You can queue into Raid Finder with the Duty Complete options as far as I know, but NA does not use Raid Finder for current Savage/Extreme content. We use Party Finder for that. Duty Finder proper does not have a Duty Complete option at all, so you can’t use it for older content not in Raid Finder.

PS4 players want to parse and they don’t have any options for it short of getting their PC friends to parse for them. But they cannot see the parses in real-time; just after the fact if the PC player uploads them to FFLogs. So, no, the people who do want to parse do not all have the option to do so (short of buying a PC).

[Legion88]

On topic: I'm not against using parser for yourself to help improve your performance, but as many others have pointed out, all the people who wishes to use parsers already use them, so what benefits do we gain by making an official one?

We have PS4 players, who can't parse themself and are 100% dependent on PC players to parse them and many are not quiet happy with this state, they want to be able to parse themself.
PS4 players are forced to fly blind, while PC players have the opportunityto remove their blindfold and see their performance themself.
It's mostly a question for equal opportunity.

[Dirwen]

We have PS4 players, who can't parse themself and are 100% dependent on PC players to parse them and many are not quiet happy with this state, they want to be able to parse themself.
PS4 players are forced to fly blind, while PC players have the opportunityto remove their blindfold and see their performance themself.
It's mostly a question for equal opportunity.

I don't understand how people can play online FF on console. I learned my lesson from FF11 when i started out on PS2. Console will get outdated while the game will keep going on the years and you will be left behind as the updates will not work well on your old console.

[KaivaC]

I don't understand how people can play online FF on console. I learned my lesson from FF11 when i started out on PS2. Console will get outdated while the game will keep going on the years and you will be left behind as the updates will not work well on your old console.

I don't understand why it's a hard concept to understand that some are not able to purchase a decent laptop due to life obligations or can't afford to build a tower. $300 doesn't come cheap for everyone.

[Dirwen]

I don't understand why it's a hard concept to understand that some are not able to purchase a decent laptop due to life obligations or can't afford to build a tower. $300 doesn't come cheap for everyone.

Consoles are pretty expensive themselves but I'm not a gamer so yea... Unless only playing FF14 is considered being a gamer.

[KaivaC]

Consoles are pretty expensive themselves but I'm not a gamer so yea... Unless only playing FF14 is considered being a gamer.

What? What ...even...

...ok? I don't know how to respond to this.

[Dirwen]

What? What ...even...

...ok? I don't know how to respond to this.

Sorry if it sounded confusing. I use a cheap desktop computer is why. Granted it only scored a standard on the SB benchmark so dodging mechs can be a pain sometimes. Price wise its the same as a console is what I was trying to get at. However, I'm assuming you are talking about gaming rigs that are high priced stuff.

[Ilan]

Consoles are pretty expensive themselves but I'm not a gamer so yea... Unless only playing FF14 is considered being a gamer.

Consoles don't need to be upgraded as fast as PC's do and its cheaper to buy a console than a PC. Sure console games are most of the time more expensive but the console itself is cheaper than a decent PC.

[supaiku]

I don't understand how people can play online FF on console. I learned my lesson from FF11 when i started out on PS2. Console will get outdated while the game will keep going on the years and you will be left behind as the updates will not work well on your old console.

I don't understand how people can play on a laptop / computer. I prefer sitting on my comfortable sofa looking at a big tv screen anytime.
I have a PS4 4 Pro currently and no problems with updates whatsoever. And once the PS5 is realised I will just buy that - and who knows if FF14 is still alive then.
No, but seriously, it's just a matter of taste. Some simply prefer consoles while others prefer playing on computer ^^