Would you like an in-game parser?

[Archaell]

Let me tell you a story, even though you are clearly busy trying to improve the way others express their points... it's not gonna work so you can stop. ^^


Few months ago I decided to try out the dps classes. This was really surprising in itself because originally I did not plan to play something that can just sit back and get carried without much effort.

So I picked up the machinist. The main reason behind it being the "songs" so it still seemed somewhat supportive and useful.

I played it bit, looked up the rotation, leveled it to 60 and then got kinda curious how much useless I was - so here I installed the parser... and it was horrible. The MCH dps being a little bit lower in itself helped neither. Anyways, after the initial shock of trying to figure out where does the MCH dps stand in the comparison to the other jobs, I managed to get satisfied with my performance... which ended quite fast when I got matched with another MCH who was doing much more than I did. I was seriously baffled by it... how come someone can do so much even though my rotation was golden? It seemed too much even for the gear difference, as I was still gearing up. So I was pondering, hitting the dummy and pondering some more - till it hit me back.

Maybe that useless dexterity potion could contribute more than I expected? You know, waste of gil, the effect is too short, barely noticeable... it did not seem worth it.

Whelp, nope, it boosted my dps so much I was just looking at the screen unable to comprehend it.

Without the parser I would have no idea how much the potions improve your dps contribution.

You may like parsers, you may hate them, but even if they would cause all the toxicity as it is believed they still help you to get better which also makes the experience itself better. Pretty much the better you are the less likely you are to get attacked by the toxic players that you might fear.


Now question time:

How many players do you think use the potions in Ex primals etc. if they have no idea how much dps that one button does? How many enrages could have been stopped? How many players are willing to waste their gil for the sake of killing that primal?

(It would be easier to answer while looking at some parser logs of course :3 but feel free to guess.)

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

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So you needed a parser to "git gud" because you didn't think increasing main stat by x amount would result in X DPS gain?

[Archaell]

So you needed a parser to "git gud" because you didn't think increasing main stat by x amount would result in X DPS gain?

You see, from the casual perspective the food and potions seem like something only the savage raiders need. And there really isn't in-game feedback that would clearly tell you otherwise.

I bet there are many other players like me who would improve just by having the parser around.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

You see, from the casual perspective the food and potions seem like something only the savage raiders need. And there really isn't in-game feedback that would clearly tell you otherwise.

I bet there are many other players like me who would improve just by having the parser around.

Max Potion, nq, increases stats by 100 points, comparable to 9 free weapon damage, which for openers due to the exponential rate they increase would nnaturally lead those with a little math to believe that yes, they do wonders for your DPS.

[Archaell]

Max Potion, nq, increases stats by 100 points, comparable to 9 free weapon damage, which for openers due to the exponential rate they increase would nnaturally lead those with a little math to believe that yes, they do wonders for your DPS.

Well I am bad at math. If I don't see an example or two I have no chance of doing it. I can work with potency - if the potion said "increase the potency of your skills by 50" etc. I could work with that. Turning the potency into the real numbers is entirely different story.

Give me a tutorial and I might be able to do it... but we don't have tutorials how to do math in the game unfortunately so I need the calculator - parser - to do the math for me.

Archaell, Thank you for your story. I understand completely where you're coming from. Sorry for the harassment, glad for your improvements.

Thanks ^^