Is it safe to use FFXIV Apps parser?

Hi guys I know many probable want to see how they are doing in PT DPS and such because you can't see how the other in PT does you just see the result.

I haven't used a parser at all because i fear if SE find out you might get banned so am asking if you guys know if it is legal to use or is it a no go?

Discuss and thank you :)

Plenty of people use it and no bans have been handed out to my knowledge, that being said I think its still having issues with DoTs?

I saw about the DoTs and that is interesting because I know my BRD+1 with DL parse good as seen from other that use a parser but i'd like to know how my SMN parse and since SMN is a DoT job this should be parsed as well. MY general thought about SMN is that the DoT is great as long SMN knows the job and not trying to be a BLM.

Too many people use it, I don't think they will like to ban it. But I personally don't like it.
1. Result is very unreliable and misleading sometime.
2. May cause you lag.

For your #2, if it causes you performance problems, you should stop playing on a potato.

SE allows us to save log files to our computer. If you know how you can read them in Notepad right now and add up the damage. All ffxiv app does is this, reads something they coded in to let you have a record of everything in the chat window, and tells you what it says. You wont be banned for it

They don't officially support the use of log parser, but they would never ban people for using them because we can already export the log files to local machine with official support.
All a parser does is read these in realtime and condense the output into something more useful.

If you turn off everyone else's damage and healing and just show your own in the combat log, then a log parser can be a great tool to practice with and help you to get better.
The way the combat log currently works, it shows you used an ability on one line then the damage on another line.
Depending on timing it might show you used ability x, then someone else used ability y, then your damage, then their damage.
A parser has no way to know that your damage is associated with your ability x so it just adds your damage to the other person's ability y.

In other words, because of the way the combat log works, parsers aren't very good tools to measure yourself against other players in a party.

They're pretty useful for measuring different players of the same class on similar fights.

Of course that assumes you reset the parser appropriately to correctly capture said fights.

Wait wait wait. ACT finally got a plug in? Wondered why that had not been done yet. Finally something with an overlay?

Wait wait wait, ACT got a FF14 plug-in?

................. brb I'll be in my bunk.

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I do not see a FF14 plugin on their download page. :(.

N/m found a thread: http://www.eq2flames.com/plugin-disc...rr-plugin.html

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Sounds like it's more or less equivalent to FF14app's accuracy minus DOT modeling, so less "correct" results. I wonder if it counts encounter time more consistently though, or not.

Like in most other (good) MMo´s it´s illegal but ignored by the publisher if used so far. If you use it the propability nothing will happen is very high (The game would have a hard time surviving a ban of all third-party-programm-user). But if they decide to do so they got your approval to do so.

In havent gotten to play with ACT yet for this game. It sounds like a smaller project :(. Hopefully more will be done with it soon

Can't find a reason for SE to ban players for this. The program basically reads what the game sends to it..

On another note, I parsed my party's DPS together with a friend (him running his own app). The difference for a particular player was about 15-20 DPS each time we checked (resetted everytime when starting a boss/all primals hm). If there are people using this, try running it simultaneously with someone else and check it everytime the fight is over.

This of course has nothing to do with the game, but with the app, or......

I wonder why SE does not drop its own dmg meter. What better way to balance DPS when the community gives you the numbers for free!? It's like they're afraid of being exposed because it sure feels like numers in this game should be taken with a grain of salt..

They have already stated they have their own parsers

Just contacted SE support (chat):

Agent [redacted]: Hello [Lurkios]. It appears you have a question about 3rd party applications?
Agent [redacted]: I can tell you now that using one would be against the Terms of Service.

Not the answer I was hoping for, but straightforward nonetheless.

They can ban you for any reason, or no reason. Your mouse and KB drivers are against the ToS as well.

No one is getting banned for using a parser, period, end of story.

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Originally Posted by PessimiStick

They can ban you for any reason, or no reason. Your mouse and KB drivers are against the ToS as well.

No one is getting banned for using a parser, period, end of story.

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i just used notepad to open up the log i saved from the game, then i transferred it over to my wordpad thingy on open office thing so i could change the color, is this against ToS?

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Originally Posted by xyaie

i just used notepad to open up the log i saved from the game, then i transferred it over to my wordpad thingy on open office thing so i could change the color, is this against ToS?

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Yes.

Good riddance, colour-elitist scum.