Quote Originally Posted by Didac View Post
I always have FFLogs open on another tab when I read one of these threads, it's a fun experience.
Well given I was formally against them because people were purely just looking at numbers and not much else, ever since a Ultimate Raider friend of mine introduced me to the log analyser tool, my opinion had changed dramatically to be much more pro parser than I was before.

It's so very easy to stroll along thinking you're doing well and paying not a blind bit of attention because "well it worked in ShB" and "Well at least we are clearing " and not realise just how many mistakes you're actually making, mistakes the parser tool alone can't really point out...

"Oh I'm doing 92.78% uptime I'm doing great" you think with only a green or blue parse (this was me by the way) except I ran that parse through the tool and to my horror...

I'm clipping GCDs like crazy, trying to play much too fast with my rotation and as a result lost over 20 GCDs worth of dps because I was playing too fast...

So because of that information, information I would not have without a parser I'm slowing it down, training out the bad habits and doing a hell of a lot better, but still could be better still.

Without that information, I'd carry on being Naive, not learning, not growing and not being a better player of my job for my FC.

Yes people can be very toxic with parsing, but so can people against them.

I wrote this as this is what parsers are for, the real reason they exist. Don't be afraid to use them for self betterment.

If you're constantly grey, you're doing something wrong.
If you're green/blue you're doing something rotation wise wrong
If you're purple you're close and just need to fine tune and keep practicing
If you're orange or above, congratulations, you're now mastering your job.