It would be nice to have if it was personal only, only tracking your own figures. Then you'd be able to test things and do accurate comparisons.

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hahah yeah i had a drk doing that , the mob got hit and run to the brd that was far away pulling another mob.....tank had to run to voke it , making the 1 mob follow him , and we all wasted time , it happened x3 until the leader got mad , u arent helping at all, stop or get kicked

I think it's important to remember that without the damage formulas DSP never could have existed in any remotely correct form, thus no Nasomi server. Damage formulas that were obtained largely through research done by the player base using parsers. Having them available for testing is very important for finding errors in the way certain things are coded. Also somewhat important is they were openly used and discussed in retail without fear of punishment. I don't recall any toxic experiences due to parsing in my time on retail. It was largely used to add a fun competition aspect to otherwise boring repetitive meriting, and to test things.

People are going to give bad players a hard time regardless if they show up to a party with terrible gear or play terrible in general, you don't need a parser for that.

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There’s no perfect solution here. Endgame players would want to test real shit, like the MACC change tomorrow (guess today) he mentioned, but the 1400 other souls would use it to bully/kick people. The bully/kick drama is what Nasomi would have to deal with.

The only thing I can think of would be opening Parse’s in specific zones (I.E Dragon’s Aery, Behemoths Dominion, Valley of Sorrows, Mount Z, KRT, Sea Zones, Sky Zones Dyna, etc.). Mount Z and KRT are already the top exp zones so those would be overly EXPed on if a Parse for the zones were available.

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I'm not really against parsers, fuckboys gonna fuckboy. I feel there will be self-correction in instances such as Vik's where those types of people will be kicked/not invited in the first place. I would've never been able to truly test my damage numbers as MNK on retail with Fuma's vs Dune Boots without a parser so I see no reason why we shouldn't be allowed to access one here without feeling like we could get in trouble.

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Well yeah, lol, but because of parsers. I don’t understand what we gain from these threads when everyone collectively pretends that no one uses them because they’re against the rules. I don’t use it because I genuinely can’t figure out how to... or I would. It’s a dumb rule that isn’t actually stopping anyone. It’s just stopping anyone from using them to help Nas, which is a really weird outcome.

Every LS after events has some random dude that posts parsers.

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There's usually a dedicated person who adds up all the figures from the combat log. It's a rough job, but someone has to do it.

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Glad you guys found something for Sapa to do

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Sorry, didn’t realize this was the current practice. My next rebuttal would be that if there are people in the community that are already doing it by hand, then what’s the harm in giving them a tool to expedite the process? To me, the argument that it would increase bullying is a weak one because it’s very unlikely someone would get hazed from being at the bottom of the parse if the party is going well. I see the argument that Viktoryia states about people trying to maximize their parse by not finishing mobs, but it’s not reason enough to make it an illegal adddon, in my view.

In other words, the benefits to the server far outweigh the consequences, and I feel the truth of the matter is that Nas doesn’t want data available that’s checking his work.

Lol that was the joke. Plenty of people are just using the parsers that aren't allowed. No one is doing it by hand.

I don't need a parser to tell me someone in terrible gear is holding the party back, if that's what I'm worried about.

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