Quote Originally Posted by katz View Post
You dont say what the purpose is for this "test" data. If its all standard and little resemblance to the actual mobs you want to fight its of little value. When you have tested your gear and come up with expected results, dont be surprised if those results arent matched when you actually fight real mobs.
I agree in that this feature is not meant to simulate fights with actual mobs/NMs out in the world -- That was not my intent for this feature, and I did not expect this feature to be used that way.
I did, however, say in the discussion that it would be be helpful for those players who want to test different gear sets to find out if one set can do more damage than others, to name an example. There can be several other uses for it, such as testing battle macros, verifying formulas, etc.
It's up to the player to decide what use he/she can get out of them, but having a 'control' will make testing things out without the variability so that a player would have confidence of the results. Then, knowing these results, they can compare them against real mobs.

Thanks for the reply!