DPS is role name ?

[Crystallus]

Hi, I'm Japanese player. sorry to my poor English.

I have heard "attaker" or "damage dealer" as damage sauce role.
But that role is called "DPS" at FF14. "DPS" means Damage Per Second, it's a measure of attackpower, not role name, I think.
From when did it come to say so in English ?

Your English is very good compared to some English speakers.

You are correct though DPS is a measure of what a Damage Dealer does not what the job is. I can only guess this comes from WoW and other english MMOs.
Many have chosen to interject other game terms that have no place in Final Fantasy.

Other things of concern in relation to Final Fantasy XIV: ARR as an MMO.

1. We have /tells not whispers.
2. We have Linkshells and in ARR Free Companies not guilds.
3a. We have DoT (Damage over Time) spells and Enfeebles
3b. We have Sleep and Repose not mezs'.

Thank You so much for bringing this to the attention of the community.

[HoroBoro]

よろしく~

Glad you're here, but can we not judge people by the language they use? I really don't mind DPS or DD or PS3 or PC or Toon or Char or Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Thanks

[Mizar]

Who cares where it originates from as long as the message is communicated and understood? Stop being snobby about game terms, FFS.

[Rolvag]

Other things of concern in relation to Final Fantasy XIV: ARR as an MMO.

1. We have /tells not whispers.
2. We have Linkshells and in ARR Free Companies not guilds.
3a. We have DoT (Damage over Time) spells and Enfeebles
3b. We have Sleep and Repose not mezs'.

Thank You so much for bringing this to the attention of the community.

Hi
my opnions is, that all this term are meaningless as long as others can comprehand them.
Ofc there will be legacy and other vet. players of Final Fantasy universe and they will be using FF terms, but as long as FF:ARR atract players from other MMO there still will be /whisper , GUILD and other stuff. Peoples are just lazy (including myself) and dont want learn terms over and over thats a fact.

using common sense and brain its enought

ps: i know my ENG. grammar ****

[FrayL]

Thanks for a lot of response.(how many hours to read all res!)
I have understood that calling DPS is general things.

[Crystallus]

Your English is very good compared to some English speakers.

You are correct though DPS is a measure of what a Damage Dealer does not what the job is. I can only guess this comes from WoW and other english MMOs.
Many have chosen to interject other game terms that have no place in Final Fantasy.

Other things of concern in relation to Final Fantasy XIV: ARR as an MMO.

1. We have /tells not whispers.
2. We have Linkshells and in ARR Free Companies not guilds.
3a. We have DoT (Damage over Time) spells and Enfeebles
3b. We have Sleep and Repose not mezs'.

Thank You so much for bringing this to the attention of the community.

@Lephise I'll just quote myself and let you read it again. Then read what you typed and compare.

[CyrilLucifer]

Hi
my opnions is, that all this term are meaningless as long as others can comprehand them.
Ofc there will be legacy and other vet. players of Final Fantasy universe and they will be using FF terms, but as long as FF:ARR atract players from other MMO there still will be /whisper , GUILD and other stuff. Peoples are just lazy (including myself) and dont want learn terms over and over thats a fact.

Except I can't understand when people tell me to use "mez" instead of "Sleep." I had also never heard the term "pat" before and was wondering what it even meant before someone mentioned it in a completely unrelated conversation. "los" was also a wierd one that I finally figured out. I've played TERA and FFXI before now.

Sometimes there are barriers in communication; it's up to those who use the foreign terms to adapt to the current game.

[Keith_Dragoon]

Hi, I'm Japanese player. sorry to my poor English.

I have heard "attaker" or "damage dealer" as damage sauce role.
But that role is called "DPS" at FF14. "DPS" means Damage Per Second, it's a measure of attackpower, not role name, I think.
From when did it come to say so in English ?

From this day forth I shall call all DDs Damage Saucers! <3

On-topic I never really picked up on the "DPS" trend until I played WoW. More than likely players came to FFXIV and use old MMO terms for this game.

[Qen]

For as long as I can remember ( my first MMO was original EQ release) the damage classes were called DPS by players. that was 1999ish I think? I'm not sure if it was around before that or not. I spent 7 years in EQ and I'm kinda still stuck in that lingo.

DPS = Damage class. I had never heard it called DD until FFXI
Mez = mesmerize in EQ... also sleeps or anything that takes a mob out of combat
LOS= line of sight. (though it seems in FF14 this doesnt hamper mobs only players)
I tried hiding behind things and spells attacks still hit but I cant cast back
Toon/char = character I've heard it called tons of things but this was the most common

So yeah these terms have been around 14 years AT LEAST that I know of..if not longer.

[Altheras]

Yes while Damage Per Second used to be what you did, it has now evolved into also a name to describe those who deal the damage and thus a noun. Such things commonly happen with the internet I suppose. lol