No, bad players not carrying their weight create toxicity, not meters. Also given your numbers of course a community that actively dismisses bads would make you "afraid"No imho it isn’t stupid. DPS meters undeniably create toxicity.
FF: If a group fails a DPS check, everyone will try harder, because it’s not possible to see who is struggling the most.
WoW: If a group fails a DPS check, the one who has the lowest DPS gets kicked immediately.
Which game of those two do you want to play? After 10 years of WoW where I was afraid to even try raiding, I’m glad I’m playing FF instead now. DPS meters are not necessary at all and the day FF allows them, will be the day I quit FF.
You can easily pinpoint a low-performing player even without a DPS meter. Experienced players can immediately tell who doesn’t know their rotation even without a DPS meter. There’s no need to reduce group effort to plain numbers like in WoW.
Bad players create toxicity? Sorry, but then we understand toxicity differently. I have never seen a bad player insult the good ones when being called out, only apologise and express willingness to learn. But I’ve seen too much of “bro, your DPS sucks” (followed by a kick from a party in WoW without any discussion).
It isn’t toxic to not know your class 100% or make an occasional mistake.
It could be toxic only in case of trolling, but that’s a completely different discussion.
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