Quote Originally Posted by QT_Melon View Post
The problem is it DOES however leave console players who would like a more precise tool to measure their success out in the dust. The closest they CAN get is Stone Sea Sky or the Lawns.

Personally while I would like something for that, I am not against parsing - but I do think a tool that can outlay other problems without it being number specific can be very useful on all platforms.

When I had made the suggestion on an Ask Yoshi thread for PAX for a tool that would help diagnose latency/clipping issues, someone just said "FFXIV Analysis" in which I ROLL my eyes, because it's like people ONLY think this pertains to PC players.
Personally I don't mind for parsers, but, I don't think Yoshi's concerns regarding how they're generally used is unwarranted. My experience with pugs in FFXIV is a 180 from other games, most notably WoW. Almost entirely positive, a community that doesn't get at each others throats immediately on failure. I did a pug Ramuh Extreme that took the entire allotted time, wiped numerous times, people put in the effort to learn what to do while we were doing it- not one person left, there was no calling each other names. I do an LFR in WoW and the cussing and leaving starts BEFORE the first wipe, I've done dungeons in WoW where half the group leaves because the tank is pulling too many/too few mobs and there's no flexibility from anyone, if someone isn't doing what you want them to it's either kick or afk out.

The general feel I get in FFXIV is they're trying to foster a good community, and it's working, and I'd happily take that over tools that lead to toxicity any day.

That said- it does feel at least people should have tools for self parsing, since there are still required dps/hps for endgame content, and being able to attain such tools on PC and not PS4 definitely would be an advantage. That however is separate from the OP wanting people to put parses in party chat- as there's obviously nothing personal/private about something like that.