Better combat logs (mostly for combat parsing)

[mkaito]

I agree, though fwiw, parser developers have found the memory offsets for a lot of these things, so parser accuracy is considerably higher than it used to be (and they can also probably be considered more than parsers since they're doing a lot more than just parsing the logs).

You can verify this with the newest FFXIV-app by joining a party with a summoner and have him DoT'ing a target dummy. The "parser" will accurately record his damage, and the only way that's possible is by hooking into memory.

Indeed you can ascertain some bits and pieces, often almost complete pictures, by relying on less than orthodox methods. But my point is that we should not have to rely on such methods. Reading from memory is unreliable at best, and perhaps even against the EULA.