They Should Add An Official Damage Meter With One Condition

[Maxilor]

I would direct you to the image in the OP. You're even a catboy which is perfect

This dude literally went:

[Ralphe2449]

No because of two reasons.

The main reason is that DPS meters are good at comparing live performance, you beat others? you are doing good (relatively to others), you havent? (you are doing bad or mistakes happened), if most people private you can no longer get joy out of this.

And also the fact that the current system is great because anyone who gets out of line can easily get reported for breaking the tos

[MintnHoney]

And also the fact that the current system is great because anyone who gets out of line can easily get reported for breaking the tos

Harassment on any level is against the TOS and can be reported. The current system would remain exactly the same even if they implemented an optional feature.

[Rolder50]

It's amusing how people act like having an in-game parser would cause people to discriminate in party finder. There is some key evidence as to why this is a load of nonsense.

1) We already have a parser, and it's been in use literally since ARR, and hasn't really caused any issues.
2) We have an example of an MMO with widespread meters in WoW. Over there, people don't discriminate based on DPS meters for recruitment. Instead, they used either a. have you already cleared the content and have the achievement or b. is your item level high enough. Which leads to...
3) Party finder can already discriminate based on a and b via Duty Completed and Item Level requirements.

[VerdeLuck]

2) We have an example of an MMO with widespread meters in WoW. Over there, people don't discriminate based on DPS meters

This is a pretty good joke

[Rolder50]

This is a pretty good joke

Mmmnope. If you're looking for an M+ group, people will look at raw item level or RaiderIO Score (aka "have you completed the content") and for raids it'll be again raw item level or achievements for having done the raid before.

[DynnDiablos]

I don't understand why people are determined to make the already crowded UI even more crowded with BS

[Shurrikhan]

I don't understand why people are determined to make the already crowded UI even more crowded

1. Shrink your UI down if it's crowding your screen. Even the default UI need not be "crowded". You can, for instance, toggle many elements' visibility via a simple button-press. On my screen at any given point in combat I have just my target, party list, enemy list, minimap, job gauge, and 3 hotbars. They take up a scant few percent of my overall screen space. If your UI is crowded, that is entirely on you.
   
   
2. An easily readable damage meter can take up as little as 4k pixels (fewer if you've better eyesight or sit nearer your screen). For context, 4k pixels would be about 0.0008% (yes, less than a thousandth of a percent) of my total screen-space.

[Calysto]

tl;dr

Can't they just have an option to see only your own personal stats at the end of a fight ?
ex :
dealt = xxxxx ; xx% ; role average +-xx%
taken(avoidable) = xxxxx ; (unavoidable)= xxxxx ; role average +-xx% ; deaths x
heal = xxxxx ; shield = xxxxx ; effective = xxxxx ; xx% ; role average +-xx%

That way you have your own infos to see if you were good, and if you're with friends or people you're confortable with you can share ?

If people request theses infos, they are probably the kind that would be toxic anyway, so it doesn't change much.
If someone doen't want to see their stats, just have it disabled by default and with a button to see it anyway.

Have that window impossible to screenshot with the built if capture tool too, so if people share it, it's proof they use a third party tool and shall be banned XD

[Hoodcat]

the we cant do it thing, said in so many games but just takes the right person to make it happen. Its something they use as a awnser all too on stuff they dont wana put in the effort to do