Would you like an in-game parser?

[SpookyGhost]

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Hi.

I was going to let my last post be my last post in this topic, but I'd just like to quickly clarify something.

Parsers give you information - they are strictly a tool meant to inform players of their DPS, HPS, and gDPS. They can even go further beyond this as shown from the way that FFLogs extrapolates data from ACT - you can now see boss ability timings in an easy visual format, the damage type of the boss' abilities (magical, physical, or darkness), and you can even see how your DPS/HPS/gDPS compares to other people playing your job/other groups.

This is all good information to have. If someone says "you're doing low DPS", you can now visually see how much lower and you can go to FFLogs to look up players above you in the same fight to see how they handle specific mechanics/what GCDs they use/CDs/etc.

There is absolutely no advantage to not having this information, especially when it is already available to most of the playerbase. Anything that "could" happen has already happened or was never going to happen. How ever toxic the community currently is, that is how it will remain if they implement an in-game parser. Nothing will change in that regard.

Now it's important to note that a parser is a tool. A bad player isn't going to suddenly learn how to be top percentile on FFLogs by just giving them a parser - they have to want to improve themselves and they still have to actively go out of their way to do that. What a parser does for them is it shows where they stand - they now know how much they need to improve and can use that information to help them do that. Without the parser they have to not only want to improve, but also convince other people to upload their parses to FFLogs just so they can have the same information as them.

In-game parsing, as it stands, is a QoL change. It is not the only change needed to make players better at the game, but it is information that will go a way to helping them - even if you interpret it as just a small nudge. People have wanted this implemented since 2.0, and we are now at the end of 3.0. I wouldn't say that parsing is a necessity and if implementing it takes place of something more important like the Intermediate Hall then I'd say push it aside until it can take the place of some other QoL thing. Because, imo, as far as QoL is concerned this is one of the most important features to implement. It should be at the top of the priority list, alongside in-game stat weight tooltips.

In conclusion there's nothing bad about implementing in-game parsing - it already exists for PC players, any perceived problems with it are already happening (or are never going to happen). I legitimately can't wrap my head around any argument against implementing an in-game parser, outside of "we used the resources for that on this more important thing". Anyway, like I said, last post so just to clarify I wanted to agree to disagree because I knew you'd do what you're doing now which is replying to everyone and their mother to defend your stance - imo that leads to more arguing than discussion and I don't really enjoy arguing. All the same, you're entitled to your opinion and I'm in no way saying you can't freely express it, I just really didn't want to go back and forth 500 times about this. Take care.

[Shurrikhan]

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This.

A parser like ACT alone is good information, but it requires that the player already have a decent sense or memory of the context for its metrics produced. But with more information, it only gets better, and in that -- fairer.

If you want a "safe" measure for parsing, just parse "relative potency" instead. Although it increases secondary stat weights in appearance, it gives an obvious enough metric by which to compare players regardless of their ilvl, and can be set to take out the "RNG" of the rotation beyond actual procs (crits and the +/- 5% dmg all normalized).