Why people still USE ACT knowing their breaking TOS ??

[Wolfsbane706]

It may or may not be telling that console players very rarely get brought up whenever the parser discussion pops up.

[Jojoya]

It may or may not be telling that console players very rarely get brought up whenever the parser discussion pops up.

Probably because this is one of the few major MMORPGs (perhaps the only?) where computer and console are playing together.

WoW, SWTOR and RIFT are computer only. BDO is multi-platform but cross platform play is limited to XBOX and PS4 (computer remains separate). ESO has no cross platform play though there are rumors they may be working on it. When there's no cross play, then one segment having access to mods doesn't impact the game experience of the other segments that don't have the same access.

So FFXIV is in a bit of a unique situation, which is why many posters may be overlooking it. It's something I have brought up in other discussions and it's part of why I push for a parser to be added directly to the game. The hardcore raiding community is going to continue to use mods for parsing regardless of what SE thinks because it's something needed to analyze and maximize performance. PS4 players should have the same access.

I know one of the excuses YoshiP gave was that if they did include a parser there would be comments about things not matching with ACT. Not a big deal, WoW players have gone through the same thing with Recount not matching Skada not matching Details not matching Warcraft Logs not matching World of Logs, etc. I don't think it would be hard to get the community to accept a built-in parser as the "official" one since everyone playing would have it so at least that would give a consistent comparison between players.