Quote Originally Posted by Vespar View Post
However, I havent done savage raids since Final coil days because of toxicity rather than ilvl and I never will again because I'm so sick of the whole "meta" and "parsing". Even if I was the best player in the whole raid I'd still hate parsing. It puts unnecessary pressure to perform on folks, and I'm here to have fun, Not treat XIV like a damn job.
Meta is a boogeyman that gets passed around yet is rarely ever enforced. Sure, you'll see it more on the higher end statics, but those are exceedingly less common. As for "parsing." You may simply be there for fun, but your idea of fun shouldn't trump everyone else's. People, typically, get uppity about parses in PF if someone is seriously lagging behind, thus putting more pressure on the group to make up for their deficiency. Why hate the tool and not the players who couldn't be bothered to put forth an effort?