Why not an ingame damage tracker?

[Denver_Max]

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[TurboSol]

doubt it, but would be kind of nice for us ps3(and/or soon to be 4) users. but, you could always go back through the battle log and calculate your own damage for the fight... would be a HUGE PITA, but it's doable if you do desire..

[Surian]

Because there's no point to it. You can judge by someones gear if they can potentially put out enough damage or not. Actually being able to measure that will do nothing short of shunning people or having it be used as a reason to attack or exclude people.

So no. Not only would i not want this in the game. I'd like everyone who does use programs like that to be dragged out of their houses and be executed infront of their families. Or at the very least banned from the game over it.

It will just make an already hostile and toxic endgame more of a disaster.

[Kayvindra]

Because there's no point to it. You can judge by someones gear if they can potentially put out enough damage or not.

Not true. Too many people think Gear = Skill and it doesn't. I've seen some pretty decked out dps in this game put out some really bad damage.

SE did talk about adding something to the game to allow players to create add ons for the game, they had talked about implementing it around 6 months after launch which is around now-ish so hopefully they will actually follow through with it.

[Xaphire]

I hate being able to see how I performed compared to others. Trying to maximize my own performance shouldn't be a concern at all. People that tell me I did poorly should die

That's an intense over reaction you've got going on there.

I think an in-game tool that provides *accurate* numbers would be fantastic. If you find yourself getting harassed for putting out sub-par damage, instead of saying that people point out your under performance why not ask them if they know what you should be doing to improve? Why not check out the Damage role forums some day? There's usually a topic on the first page talking about whatever class it is you may play. The toxic environment isn't just caused by players lording over people that don't know how to play well -- the players that don't know how to play their class properly and freak out when you offer them any guidance are part of the issue too.

I know, I know -- you like just spamming fire III because big numbers. It's still wrong.

Sound logic

This is a great example of why a parser is useful.

If you can't figure out for yourself why this would be a bad idea, and why it would be so unfitting in the type of game that ARR is, then I can't help you.

It isn't a bad idea. If the numbers were built into the game, then people would know where they stand. What ever happened to wanted to do well? What's so wrong with seeing that you aren't doing well and feeling a drive to do better? Are people actually happy with being the bottom of the barrel?

[Naunet]

Because there's no point to it. You can judge by someones gear if they can potentially put out enough damage or not. Actually being able to measure that will do nothing short of shunning people or having it be used as a reason to attack or exclude people.

Really. It will do nothing else? There are actually legitimate uses for parsers, you should know, including monitoring the efforts of your damage dealers during a dps check to better target improvements, post-fight analyses of damage done to the raid paired with healing done to keep track of overheals and assist in better timing preparatory spells, having an easy-access record of what exactly killed someone and by how much, and more.

Blame the people who use the tool badly, not the tool.

It's quite clear that no one would EVER use a parser to check their own dps and try to work out how to improve it.

^That one, too!

Oh dear, are you from the US?

Eh? Why?

[Miitan]

^That one, too!

Oh dear, are you from the US?

[permbanned]

Because there's no point to it. You can judge by someones gear if they can potentially put out enough damage or not. Actually being able to measure that will do nothing short of shunning people or having it be used as a reason to attack or exclude people.

So no. Not only would i not want this in the game. I'd like everyone who does use programs like that to be dragged out of their houses and be executed infront of their families. Or at the very least banned from the game over it.

It will just make an already hostile and toxic endgame more of a disaster.

You need to see a therapist.