What is parsing?

[Ranaku]

You don't need to know the exact damage number you deal, as i said before yes it is sure nice to know. I am not arguing here against parsers or anything. All i am saying is that it is not that hard to press 1 then 2 and then 3 and hit glowing combo actions. It is not hard to know that you use your dance as a dancer everytime it is available. There was a statement made here that "You do realize that rotation you're using is made through a parser, yes?". So no, rotations are not made through parsers, the devs made the rotation and for every job there is only one right way to play it. It is not that hard to understand.

So no i don't say that there aren't more things to this, like different melds and best in slots and all these things. And heck i am the first one who would agree with all of you that the things the game gives us to see if we do well enough for raids, which would be the training dummies, aren't good at all. Would be great if they would give us some data about how well we did and not only a "hey you killed it in time". But still, the basic rotation and basic combos aren't made up by parsers and you don't need a guide to know how to press the glowing buttons on your screen. I mean what do you guys think, that the devs developed that game with the hope that for sure a community about it with a parser will form cause there is no other way to figure out the stuff they push out? That is a really really hilarious thought, what if the parser scene never formed? What if there were no guides? It's really bold to believe that a rotation is only given by guides and can't figured out in other ways. Which was the statement i argued against in the first place, not the validity of guides or anything else.