I hold the firm belief that parsers bring out the worst in people. It's why I really hope that the developers take a tougher stance against such things but I doubt that'll happen because most people now know that so long as they don't discuss it in-game they can get away with using them.
This has shifted FFXIV's culture to the point where more and more people have begun to use a parser - which is exactly what happened with Wow and eventually led to increased toxicity within the community.
I think it's fair to expect other players to do their best but so long as they're doing just enough to get by then there's really no reason to hound them relentlessly. If content is tuned to be tackled with each player dishing out 500 DPS then does it really matter is one guy is dishing out 450 and someone else is pulling 800? The end result is still the same - the content is cleared.
The exception to this is during fights specifically tailored as a DPS race such as Bismarck but even then a bit of friendly advice is more likely to be taken into account over a harsh criticism.
This has shifted FFXIV's culture to the point where more and more people have begun to use a parser - which is exactly what happened with Wow and eventually led to increased toxicity within the community.
I think it's fair to expect other players to do their best but so long as they're doing just enough to get by then there's really no reason to hound them relentlessly. If content is tuned to be tackled with each player dishing out 500 DPS then does it really matter is one guy is dishing out 450 and someone else is pulling 800? The end result is still the same - the content is cleared.
The exception to this is during fights specifically tailored as a DPS race such as Bismarck but even then a bit of friendly advice is more likely to be taken into account over a harsh criticism.
