Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
Operative word: Tank Stance

The difference between you and I is you'll contribute a half the DPS I do despite both of us accomplishing the same thing. And even then, no, you are not keeping hate off a good DPS who knows what they're doing. And the only way you would have any idea is if you had a parse installed yourself.
True, I would need a parse, actually, no I wouldn't. I have what alot of players fail to remember or recognize what is called a Combat Log. Using this, Combat log, by taking a measure of the enmity produced, and any usage of Enmity reduction ability seen via this Log, I can determine Estimated DPS without, the need of a parser.

Can I outdps you as any of the three tanks? Yes, I can, been doing this far longer than near anyone, honestly reason why I quit, take long breaks, and come back is because it just gets boring. Honestly surprised that now I got ultra low ping, and playing the game at 200fps+ I am pulling off things I didnt think possible. But I been at it long enough to know how much enmity is needed, and when to stay in DPS and when not to, based on my group I am in.

As for potential of TAC. No, we have not, not really, Japan and other countries do yes. You gotta understand, for True Action Combat, it requires much higher data bandwidth and far more communication between Client and Server, as well as the need for low ping. Our US Network infrastructure spite being improved upon, is years behind other countries, notably Korea and Japan. Now its fine if the server you are on is close to where you live, but ultimately it comes down to where a bulk of the calculations is handled. If handled by the Client majorly, then it can be near flawless, BUT, its also highly vulnerable to hacking and cheats. If handled primarily by the server, you get significantly higher security, but it creates all sorts of latency time, thus performs poorly. Many MMOs have this example.

But back to Solidor. I have kept threat off of DPS Prodigies, very easily, while still doing high numbers of DPS myself. I do meet these prodigies from time to time in random PF's, they try to take threat even from the start to troll, and fail miserably to do so. I then get congrats by them, get my usual commendation, asked if I belong to a static, usual banter, then we all leave.

Alot of players never seem to grasp, this game is all about knowledge, and understanding of numbers, nearly all tab targeters have been like this since the golden age, since my beloved Everquest. TBH? Ive grown tiresome of it all, and I wish something, something GOOD, something NEW, would come out with true action combat, with Monster Hunter/Dark Souls like difficulty cranked up by 3 times, that requires reaction, timing and precision, but their isnt, theirs a few mmos that had that potential, but they squandered it, utterly, all of em being Korean mmos, save for one, but its psuedo action combat, and continues to be a huge disappointment. But thing is, I like Final Fantasy, I like its aesthetic, I played Final Fantasy for over 30 years now. So unless its Final Fantasy Themed, Everquest themed, close to it, and NOT korean. I wont touch it.

Sighs...welp, this game is all I got for now. But yea, ill say this. To any players suffering from elitism, in the end, its just a Game. No one in the real world honestly gives a care if you have Ultimate Legend, or the highest dps in the world, or the best tank, in the end, no one really cares the next day. Its your sub, its your time, do what is fun to you, if the game dies so be it, their are plenty of others all the time.

Just dont play Korean mmos, they are all cash grabs, one way or the other. =)