Quote Originally Posted by kidalutz View Post
Constant practice and due diligence. a parser is just going to give you data but it's not going to improve your ability.
This is false.

As an example, a couple of times people have asked me for help. I checked fflogs (no I don't upload anything there, that'd be naughty) and someone else had posted a few logs including them. With that data I could pick out every single flaw in their rotation and give them a fully detailed explanation of how to improve. In some cases they'd been playing like that for months, read guides, beaten SSS and would never had been given any indication they were doing it wrong or why.

This actually applies to me too. I used to think I was a good Samurai, read the guides, beat SSS, practised a ton. Then one day I got curious to see if anyone ever logged me, looked at fflogs and learned I was grey parsing Seiryu. I was shocked, but it gave me a real push to analyse indepth, neglect important details far less, push more uptime and eventually I pushed my performance by a good 20-30%.

In WoW where parsing is legal, Skada was by far my most valuable tool for raid leading because it let me see everything. I could see who was missing what mechanic, what needed focus, where mistakes were happening, adapt new strategies and guide my group towards beating the encounter. It was amazing. I truly miss that.