They Should Add An Official Damage Meter With One Condition

[LisSquid]

Just add a personal damage meter that players can turn on in the UI. You only see your own damage. If you really want, you can export the log to submit to tracking sites so people can have their e-peening and their analysis tools.

But the game does need some supported means for players to gauge their own personal performance. Not that of anyone else. Just them.

That's the whole reason you need other data to compare. You don't know your 4k dps is bad unless you know people in the same job, with similar gear, are doing 8k.

You can get kicked if your dps is low, but you don't 'link dps to join a group'. There's not even a way to do that, especially if you haven't been in the fight before.
The former is avoided by...well, not being bad at your job.

This would also only apply to savage content. No one cares if you're bad in easy mode content, parser or not.

Yeah most people do not care as long as things die as a reasonable pace, and you are doing mechanics.
On 14, JP chooses the nuclear option and just disbands the entire party if one person is slacking. I don't know about EU, but NA PF is accommodating to a fault.

[FoxyAreku]

Yeah most people do not care as long as things die as a reasonable pace, and you are doing mechanics.
On 14, JP chooses the nuclear option and just disbands the entire party if one person is slacking. I don't know about EU, but NA PF is accommodating to a fault.

I agree with you. A parser would definitely fix the need for a nuclear option too. Sucks for the person slacking sure, but maybe they shouldn't be in tough content if their dps is low to the point a clear wasn't possible in the first place?

Hate how people just don't seem to understand that this game has dps checks and if they can't meet those dps checks then they don't deserve to be carried. They can improve just like everyone else.

[Elesh]

That's the whole reason you need other data to compare. You don't know your 4k dps is bad unless you know people in the same job, with similar gear, are doing 8k.

I mean, that's why aggregating sites and analysis tools are needed. Yes. But that shouldn't be visible in game. In game you only need to see your own personal numbers. So you can compare against yourself to see if you're improving, etc.

Out of game, I have no issues with data aggregation or analysis sites.