So this game has dps checks but we can't talk about our dps in game?

[LittleImp]

This is kind of bullshit and what you show is the exact "mentality" these third party programs bring to the game, for instance the 10% ranking doesn't mean "u did so bad to the fight" no, it just means that over "all the people that use ACT and loggers in game , you are in the low 10% of the best tanks LOGGED that cleared it" It is a very biased and skewed / idiotic reference to bring about, it does not mean "lol u so bad" either when you compare your peenus only with the top 8% of players that think they are the best for clearing it, it also still means that you are in the lower rank 10% of "best players logged" that down the fight but are just "logging" their fights, you know plenty of people are downing these fights without using these logs and all these tools right ? No i guess when you are used to these you can't fathom this.

It just serves one purpose that you obviously removed from the quote and is the only elitist /gatekeeping reason these exists.

No, it quite literally means that you're underperforming in comparison to the bulk of kills. Believe it or not, a huge proportion of kills are actually logged, likely well more than 50%. You can easily observe this for yourself, as it's EXTREMELY rare while pugging that someone else does not end up uploading a log. The idea that logs only represent the top 8% of players is amusing and totally untrue. We're also able to look at the max HP of a boss, and based on job sims and collected data we're able to roughly determine what the expected minimum proportion of damage expected from a given role / job is, no rankings necessary. That 9/10% puts someone well below that mark in most encounters, particularly if it's 9/10% in a previous encounter.

The game itself gatekeeps you by creating enrages and gear requirements. Players have to be selective to ensure their success, particularly this early in the tier. It's simply the nature of the game, and the easiest way to not worry about it is to just become as proficient as you can.