Parsing unfair but okay?

[Risvertasashi]

Anyone and I do mean anyone can sit and attack a dummy and get a perfect rotation but in a fight with lots going on? That's where getting good with your rotation matters as if you can rotate AND do the fight correctly, then you're getting that orange parse.

Otherwise, blue man group.

I was mostly agreeing with your post until this part. People don't get orange just by mastering their rotation, yes, but you still seem to imply it's all personal responsibility. There's factors varying degrees out of your control. In a pug group with 2 physical ranged? You're not getting orange even if you've got plenty of oranges under your belt, even if you know your rotation perfectly, mechanics perfectly, and can execute everything perfectly in the circumstances of those mechanics. Or maybe you will if you get amazing RNG.

In a perfect comp? RNG might still go "F you" and deny you that orange until you do another run.

Mastering one's job is merely the price of entry to have a chance.

Though, I do feel it's worth mentioning FFlogs has plenty of tools for in-depth analysis. I merely wish to caution against trusting ranking too much, for both evaluating one's own performance and for others'. Especially on the eve of savage's release - a lot of people might be doing their rotation fine but not shell out for crafted gear or so on, and the rankings will punish them for that.

[Azuri]

In a perfect comp? RNG might still go "F you" and deny you that orange until you do another run.

This is just plain wrong. If you know what you are doing you can get consistent 95+ even in an average PF group. Yes, even on dancer. Even pinks are entirely within the realm of personal responsibility and a bit of crit luck if you play exceptionally well.

You also heavily overvaluing group composition. Outside of missing role bonus you can parse high in most groups without duplicates. Group does matter when it comes to top spots, sure, but not your average pink.