Counter to Elitism

[Reynhart]

A parser does this. Many people already use parsers to "keep score;" isn't this the elitism you're trying to get rid of?

I'm not trying to remove elitism. As I said people generally consider Hardcore Player = Elite Player. IMO, it's not because you've done a dungeon 50 times that you're automatically good at this dungeon.
The game should not reward Hardcore player over Casual ones, but good player over...less good ones.

Now I know we weren't playing the same FFXI.

We were playing the same FFXI. Even FFXI had some stupid strategies from a roleplay point of view. I mentionned the "dry run" precisely for this.

I don't believe a system that scores individual players would improve them unless they already had a mind to improve themselves, in which case the gambit is redundant.

If you get better loot by improving yourself, that's a pretty good motivation. Nowadays, it doesn't matter if you manage to beat Ifrit without any casualties, the chances to obtain a weapon are the same.

Imagine if the "gambits" list a series of actions that "you should have done" while progressing in the dungeon. (Since it's a bunch of "If...then", it reacts dynamically). If you did 100% of what "you should have done", you get à 100% drop rate. If you "missed" 50% of the "good" actions, you get a drop rate of 50%, etc...Everyone will try to hit a "perfect score".