SE's most difinitive statement yet on parsers

[Elven]

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Watching past runs and studying battle logs are a pain staking task equal to grinding. What you mention is the results of that hard work. But what you want is a short cut. It can be done other reputable sites and players that put up videos or guides will have you believe nothing different.

[Sebazy]

Watching past runs and studying battle logs are a pain staking task equal to grinding. What you mention is the results of that hard work. But what you want is a short cut.

It is not possible to work out your own dot based DPS in an encounter without the use of 3rd party software.

The damage in question does not appear in your battle logs.

There is no way to distinguish between damage sources or ownership on flying text.

These are cold hard indisputable facts on the same level that yes, using a parser is indisputably breaking the ToS.

Don't get me wrong, it's possible to analyse dots individually by watching flying text, but it is effectively useless as soon as you get multiple sources of damage coming in. Trying to work out your own dot DPS via a replay or is not humanly possible. How much of an issue it is depends on the job. SMN have it the worst by a long way. Scholars DPSing parts of T9 also share the same issue.

It can be done other reputable sites and players that put up videos or guides will have you believe nothing different.

Are you sure about that?

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[Enkrateia]

Greetings, all!

At this point, the thread seems to be debating minutia and semantics. While I do love a good discussion about these types of things that can progress understanding, in this case, it's largely repetitive and not progressing. There has certainly been a lot of good points in this discussion, which is why I will be closing the thread, for reference. However, due to increasing numbers of reports from this thread, this is also preventing what may be an eventual removal of the thread. I don't want to remove a good, broad discussion of concerns from the forums, and this preventative measure will keep it here.

LGM Enkrateia