DPS Tool

[Alukah]

I'm honestly at a loss for what kind of player base wouldn't have people reacting negatively if they knew people were under performing by a large degree.

Are you asking how many of us would insult someone else for having low damage instead of giving advice?

[scarebearz]

There is a difference between telling someone their damage is lower than it should be and insulting them.

There is already a report function/blist if people were being rude.

[Lumidus]

Wouldn't strike dummies with a parser help people increase their DPS tho? In a raid the parser wouldn't be available so it only for personal use. ATM people don't know what their DPS is and get burned by insults. The dummies can at least improve their DPS before joining a group.

[Raenryong]

If you enjoy being insulted then good for you.

With this playerbase, a tool like that would hardly be used for constructive criticism.

The problem with this playerbase is that it's extremely low-skill and carebear, not that it's "elitist".

@Gormogon: as always, you are making huge assumptions. Ignoring all of those, in your case where people complain when people with lower ilevel gear join your party - what is a better test of skill, a dps meter (which shows output) or just a base ilevel check (which, as I'm sure everyone agrees, does not represent skill)? People will stop complaining about that ilevel70 BLM who is in your speedrun when it turns out that s/he is doing 600+ dps.

[Esmian]

Are you asking how many of us would insult someone else for having low damage instead of giving advice?

Well I fail to see how people who say give advice don't realize that when they give advice they're vocally acknowledging that the person in question is under performing by whatever standards they've set and that they should accept the advice(whether helpful or not) to meet your expectations of how they should be playing. Whether you think you're being nice about it or not both methods are effectively criticizing how that person is playing the game by your own standards.

[skaterger]

Well I fail to see how people who say give advice don't realize that when they give advice they're vocally acknowledging that the person in question is under performing by whatever standards they've set and that they should accept the advice(whether helpful or not) to meet your expectations of how they should be playing. Whether you think you're being nice about it or not both methods are effectively criticizing how that person is playing the game by your own standards.

Are you seriously implying that giving advice is the same as criticising or insulting? Compare these two statements and tell me if they're the same.

"Hey baning the spumes to the head/tail can increase your dps"

"Omg why didn't you cast bane on the spumes you noob? L2P."


Unless you tell me you have no desire to improve whatsoever as a player I fail to see your point.

[Chiramu]

I love the last paragraph of the translation . That is a great DPS checker! I can't wait to try it out .

[Esmian]

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In both cases you're singling out the SMN's dps not being up to par if the party isn't meeting a dps check for the encounter. And my point was that keeping parsers out of the game is pointless because regardless of the tone of the person there will always be player opinion of how much dps each class can do in a fight(unless you're telling players not to have an opinion), particularly with this game due to the many dps checks that exist. The only thing "official" parsers will do is help pinpoint where people can improve and reduce baseless criticisms because dps information would be readily available for everyone to see.

[skaterger]

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Singling out would imply I have a personal vendetta against that particular player. All I'm saying is that I don't see anything wrong with giving players advice so long as it's not done in a condescending manner, all the more if we are not meeting dps checks. How the other party chooses to interpret it is up to them.

And by offering suggestions does not implicitly mean they are a bad player. Take T8 for example. I usually do around 320 dps for that fight but I felt it could be higher. So I talked to a smn that cleared t9 and he advised me that auto attacking gave about 10-15 over the course of the fight. Guess what I tried it and it worked

Personally I feel what is holding many players back is how sensitive they take every piece of advice as an insult or criticism. I'm sure most of the top players weren't born with it naturally and also learnt from others and guides.

[Wildsprite]

Perhaps functions could be added to the existing striking dummies allowing players to check their own DPS output while not in battle. Maybe, instead, create a special dummy that can be placed on estates that has this type of functionality. This would help players improve themselves and try out new rotations/strategies. This adjustment seems like it would fit in naturally with dummies since they currently serve little purpose..

I think this is a darn good idea, it should be considered.