Quote Originally Posted by ForteNightshade View Post
You're vastly underrating how valuable parsers are. It's not just damage numbers and a fancy color that gets uploaded, but literally everything associated with how you reached said damage. At a glance, you can see exact numbers, if positionals hit, clipping due to ping issues, rotation timelines, snapshots and a lot more. People focus on the pretty number they get, but parsers are invaluable raid tools.

Don't get me wrong. A better duty recorder would be fantastic for quick recaps, but if you're looking for concrete data, a parser will always be better.
You're bringing it up as if Square would make that exactly as current third party tools. This is the same company that still has a bug with sustain potion able to remove debuffs if you time the application properly. Asking for all the info you described in an official fashion isn't plausible with the team's skill. I mean, look how long it took for hats, and not even all of them. Asking for expansion on a current feature and add extra bits over time seems like a good way forward if somehow down the road third party parsing gets a crackdown as well.