Parsing unfair but okay?

[HyoMinPark]

I’m aware of what happened with Arthars. I’m also aware of what happened with others as well. SE has also said that if they so choose, they can suddenly start banning people left and right for it. This has been openly stated.

All of the arguments for and against, none of that changes the fact that it is against the Terms of Service.

I don’t use parsers. I don’t need to, nor do I have a desire to. If I wish to test myself, I have other methods of doing so that don’t break the Terms of Service.

No matter how much people try to hand wave that it is “ OK “ because SE does not currently enforce it according to their argument, will not change the fact that it is still against the TOS.

In essence, SE has not said it is ok. Rather, they have stated openly it is against TOS and that any use of such tools is at the users own risk.

Unfortunately, this is impossible in this game—since it gives no indication of personal skill or personal damage dealt outside of sitting down with an Excel spreadsheet, a calculator, and a vast amount of time on one’s hands. If you ever wish to know your true performance, that is only possible with a parser. You are mistaken if you believe anything else in this game will inform you of whether or not you’re doing an adequate, below adequate, or above adequate job.

If SE were going to ban parser users, then they would. But they know that doing so kills their raid scene. So they allow it “unofficially”. You can wave around the ToS as much as you want, but it’s meaningless if it isn’t enforced.