So this game has dps checks but we can't talk about our dps in game?

[Packetdancer]

You are correct I do not do savage content or run with a static. And I understand responsible people will use a tool to learn and grow and help others.

Honestly, if you don't do current savage/extreme content, I suspect this topic is largely irrelevant to your game experience. I don't think anyone's arguing that any tools for optimizing a group's performance should be applicable outside of current savage/extreme content. That's the only place that being really optimal matters to being able to get through the content in question.

In fact, I'd argue that's one of the benefits we'd see if Square-Enix came up with some official solution. Right now, people can use ACT to parse your dungeon runs, alliance raids, whatever else. If Square-Enix had an official solution to help optimize fight performances, they could restrict the use of it to content where it's actually relevant -- i.e., savage or extreme trials.

[Rilifane]

Honestly, if you don't do current savage/extreme content, I suspect this topic is largely irrelevant to your game experience. I don't think anyone's arguing that any tools for optimizing a group's performance should be applicable outside of current savage/extreme content. That's the only place that being really optimal matters to being able to get through the content in question.

In fact, I'd argue that's one of the benefits we'd see if Square-Enix came up with some official solution. Right now, people can use ACT to parse your dungeon runs, alliance raids, whatever else. If Square-Enix had an official solution to help optimize fight performances, they could restrict the use of it to content where it's actually relevant -- i.e., savage or extreme trials.

I would like something like that.
An official tool to gauge everyone's dps restricted to Ex/ Savage/ Ultimate. Meaning, it will not show anything or load any combat data unless the player is in an endgame duty. Harassment is still harassment and a bannable offense, so if someone does misuse it - report. They take those reports quite seriously.
A personal parser, that only shows their own combat stats and nothing else, would be great in other content though because people don't jump in Ex+ to learn their rotation, so having the option to keep an eye on their own performance -and only their own- would help, especially console players. They could practice on a dummy/ SSS or see how well they do in a normal raid when they need to play mechanics and work with that information.

And no, people will not suddenly go around asking for screenshot proof that someone hit a certain number for a Sastasha run because I can already smell that argument coming from someone.

[Packetdancer]

I would like something like that.

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That's more or less what I've argued for in the past, yeah.

A personal tool for improving performance, optional and only accessible by yourself, which you can apply to basically any content... and then also a group performance/optimization tool that can be used by the group as a whole, but which is only accessible/present/unlocked/whatever in Savage or Extreme content.