PS4 Players want usable parsers

[freakingmayhem]

There are many places in the game, where you are attacking one add, another DPS is on a different add, and I just watch the life bars drop.

Minor thread derail, but I very often wonder how many people use this logic to compare DPS during dungeon trash pulls.

If we're fighting 2-3 enemies, depending on what job I'm on and how long the enemies will be alive, I will be putting all of my dots on every enemy for maximum damage. On most jobs, once my dots are up on everything, I will begin to AOE, if there are enough targets alive for it to be worth it (2 for some jobs, 3 for other jobs). If I shouldn't AOE, I spread my damage between targets so that my dots have maximum time to tick without being wasted.

In this case, the other DPS might be thinking "wow, I am DESTROYING him" since the one he was attacking died first, while in reality, I did more because I have a policy of "do as much damage as I possibly can", not "kill one target as fast as possible".

[ChameleonMS]

In this case, the other DPS might be thinking "wow, I am DESTROYING him" since the one he was attacking died first, while in reality, I did more because I have a policy of "do as much damage as I possibly can", not "kill one target as fast as possible".

I do not make this mistake, your DOTs are visible on the enemy I am attacking (unless I have them filtered). Thus, I am aware that you are also damaging the enemy.
Multiple DPS attacking same add is always desirable as to maximize buff/debuff synergies.

Additional metrics, no parse needed for, simply time the action. e.g. "everyone" knows an average Expert run will take 27ish minutes. A good run is sub 25, a great run is sub 22.
Variances for boss mechanics (AoE placements, invulnerability times, etc...), time standing/walking/etc... between pulls; can significantly increase time, thus, lowering DPS of the entire instance.

Do not get me wrong, I am interested in the number but much more interested in success of activity.

[Dante_V]

But actually on topic, I 100% agree PS4 players need a damage meter.

[BARDS_ARROW]

Here's a few things to consider.

• Not everyone is a hard core player who needs to know these things.
• Not everyone is mature enough to use them "nicely".
• FFXIV is a game; we play these for fun, not to wangst over our damage output like it is the end of the world.
• SE doesn't endorse them for a reason!
• Why not do the easiest thing and check the Battle Chat-Log if you want to know what damage was done by who?

TLR I'm a PS4 player and I don't want a parser involved in my gaming.

[Aoxaviar]

PS4 Player to the bone.

I am a mixed bag on this one personally.

PRO
1. Good to know what I am doing in raid/dungeon working with everyone else.
CON
1. If the rest are not pulling an optimum rotation themselves, I may have lower DPS than I really should, but I have no control over it.

PRO
1. I would like to know how my rotation actually is working on the battlespace. I would also like to have a way to experiment with variations to the rotation.
CON
1. Against a dummy, this is a mote point except to try out and prefect rotations.

Sure think that having a way to parse the game for the PS4 community is a good think on an individual level, but not really sure that it will help in any way with how the game is played overall.