In Defence of DPS meters.

[Paidhi]

It seems from all the other MMOs I've played FF is the only current major MMO on the market where a fair amount of the player base seems to struggle with competency. From WoW, to ESO, to GW2, people seem to be able to take the 5 min needed to learn their class and read the tool tips more often then not.

That being said Third party or not, people will always be idiots when it comes down to these things. Removing the use of ACT outright will change nothing, Adding one will change nothing. As hard or as messed up as it sounds, people that seem to always be on the bad end of parsing situation should learn to play their job and the game as everyone else who currently plays and clears endgame has if they want to participate in end game anything really.

lets say we give Timmy an ingame SE sanctioned dps meter, that doesnt stop Timmy from not knowing his rotation and not wanting to change that and self improve. Timmy doesn't care about that and thinks hes fine, the people in the group my be willing to tolerate him if hes doing okish, and if hes not he'll be removed. The same if said people are using third party parsers. The issue is not application based its community based.

When you look at WoW, we have Recount, Details, Skada Damage Meter, all filled with all the essential things needed for a raider to see whos doing what needs to be done for a potential clear. When someone wants to bash or mistreat players they're reported, they are suspended or banned, problem solved.

The tool is never at fault because it can only tell facts, what you do with those facts is the issue, People NEED to be willing to improve within FFs community, removing or adding a meter will change nothing so long as this remains the issue.

Well, as long as you can play with the players you wish to do so, it does not matter. You are not to decide how other players want to play the game, it is their free time and their subscription. Now, if you are talking about a "personal" meter, then what will happen is that the forums will be flooded with "my job is nerfed, buff it". We've all seen it in others MMOs, no need to repeat it here. I would say FF is quite successful as it is, and more important, it is growing.