How would an optional, official parser be toxic?

[RuleofThree]

If you consistently parse content and take note of your own gear or the gear of others, you can very easily tell when someone is falling behind. But that comes with familiarizing yourself with DPS trends. If you have a BLM in i370, they should be pushing 6,000 DPS easily, even breaking 7,000. If they’re at 4,000 though? That’s way too low. A BRD in i370 should be pushing 5,500 minimum; breaking 6,000 if they’re really good (and have the appropriate comp).

i180 is going to be skewed now since that’s from the previous expansion, all previous expansion content has been nerfed, and a lot of jobs do not have the same 60 rotation that they did in Heavensward. But we aren’t talking about damage in i180/level 60. We’re talking about the damage people should have in current Extremes and Savage content, which is level 70, i360/i370 minimum, and i380 is currently “standard” since not enough people have upgraded to i400 (the current cap).

I understand wanting benchmarks, but it doesn’t take much to see when someone is falling behind based on the gear they are wearing if you know what to look for.

So while an official parcer in the game would undoubtably be a good 'learning tool.' It would be only for current content. The moment it becomes outdated content, no one cares anymore. While that may be useful for the modern raider, or for someone that is level 70 looking to get in to raiding...it's not useful at all for the person currently leveling. He gets to look at his dps in Say...Void Ark, and just assume it is good at this point in time, or go with what appearantly is being suggested, and not care until it is relevant...at level 70.

Seems to me if you want to advocate using a parser as an official learning tool...it should be useful for all levels not just current savage or extremes. Granted, I'm sure only the elitest of the elite care what dps output is at level 45, but I'd say by Alexander Savage - and the iLevel there about - having benchmarks that say 'alright, in around this iLevel area, 'x' job should be pushing around 3,000dps.' This way you are knowing whether or not the best you can be at that iLevel rather than just hoping you are doing it right, and checking when you are 70.