Quote Originally Posted by RuleofThree View Post
I don't want to compare myself to a raiding dark knight. I want a gd benchmark of another dark knight of similiar iLevel, to compare myself to. That's what should be offered if you want a gd parser to be used as a 'learning tool' for the community. Give them references to compare and contrast to that is relavent to their progression in the game. Not LOL CHECK FFLOGS. DERP
So compare yourself against Sigmascape parses? The highest ilvl was i370, thus you'd have a rough idea of whereabouts you ought to be. Otherwise, wait until your ilvl is closer. It's also fairly simple to make rough estimations. If you see Dark Knights pulling in the 4,500-5,000 range, your aim should be pulling as close to that as you can get. Of course, you aren't going to hitting their numbers yet, but you can ballpark and improve as your ilvl climbs. You can also look at their rotation and see how they're adapting to each fight. When I started optimizing, I pitted myself against an orange tier Dragoon who pulled far higher numbers than I. She, too, had better gear. My goal was simply getting closer to her numbers as I pushed up my ilvl. You're able to do the same.

Just because you can't get exact i360 comparison doesn't make FFlogs or parsers any less of a beneficial learning tool.