Let me first address something. I don't care about being the best, I will never boast about being good at this game because my skill level, regardless of how high or low it is, is irrelevant to me. This is a SW MMO that ultimately means very little in my life, it is something I do as a hobby and to relax and have some fun. I always think about those players that care about how good they are and go around taunting others and boasting about themselves, imagine going to someone on the street and doing that... would they care? it means nothing to them, in fact they probably will find it a little sad. So what if you can press buttons on a keyboard in a better way then someone else, you really aren't doing anything that special. People need to get some perspective.
Now regarding parsing for DPS, dummies don't fight back and that is kind of boring to be honest. I DPS because it's fun fighting other players (other players aren't scripted) and getting numbers is just a nice reward at the end really. And I play objectively when it is fun also, i.e original Huttball.