The health problem of hiding numbers while catering to high-end raiders

[caffe_macchiato]

Extremely fine tuned high-end content requiring perfect execution of rotations and min-maxing of stats exist while those same numbers are hidden from the players.

We don’t need SE to show us the numbers when add-ons do it for us. Yoshida is very well-aware that third-party tools are crucial to FFXIV’s success as a raiding MMO, but for legal liability purposes he can’t explicitly endorse them. The suits at the top likely mandated a ban on those tools. Yoshida himself was a big WoW player and likely had all the works including DBM and raider.io. So Yoshida “looks the other way” while giving us a wink and a nudge. I wouldn’t be surprised if he used them himself during testing. So for all intents and purposes, the need for damage numbers has been filled, and it’s never going to be taken away from us. FFXIV has filled the shoes that WoW left behind.

[kaynide]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he used them himself during testing.

As someone who has seen the backend of several MMO servers (including FFXI) and also seen how that works in full, let me tell you they do not need any plugins we could come up with to get extremely comprehensive data on what goes on in any particular fight/instance/etc.

The amount of data at their fingertips available in a matter of keystrokes is staggering. Remember that they have the duty record function available to use? That's a "baby's first keystroke recorder" compared to what they have. Not user friendly to use mind you..which is why we don't get it.