Would you like an in-game parser?

[Shurrikhan]

unfortunately that is the thruth.

If the thruth is a parody of truth, then sure.

In the sense that repeating misconstrued anecdotes enough times would finally make them an accurate reading of the situation, let alone broader statistical evidence. The thruth.

If you can beat the dummies set out for it, you do enough, that means you do your rotations well enough to be able to beat whatever boss in thegame.

Yes, because dummies have forced downtime to be compensated for, alongside all the distracting mechanics of actually playing a Savage/Ultimate fight, right?

If SE put in open DPS meters in the game is the same if giving them permission to shame others

Before:
Harassing others is against the ToA. It is a bannable offense.

After:
Harassing others is against the ToA. It is a bannable offense.

I'm failing to see the difference between those two pictures.

[Bibine_Bine]

I'd say yes, but with the caveat that it's for yourself only.

[hydralus]

Yes, for the lulz.

[Axxion]

a 2017 necro smh

[SeiyaSoiya]

In current day ACT is an extremely disruptive and intrusive program
it does not merely read combat log, it hooks to memory and sniffs network packets
which is the reason it requires admin privileges and breaks on every minor patch, even though the combat log is functional
it also makes up numbers it cannot read such as DoT tick damage

[Ssmiley_Bjakkzz]

Nah cmon man absolutely not, this is a game to having fun and to play in good care, please take your sport elsewhere.
I can say we folks already into some competition against each others more and less, dont over burst this.

[Oizen]

Considering Endwalker's obsession with body checks, and absolute failstates where if one thing is wrong then it is a wipe, even down into more casual content like Orthos/Extremes its honestly a bit pathetic they're afraid of including tools in the game that help you gauge and improve performance.

Either design the game with that in mind, or make the game about improving your own performance. Right now they're trying to have their cake and eat it too.

[ForteNightshade]

Considering Endwalker's obsession with body checks, and absolute failstates where if one thing is wrong then it is a wipe, even down into more casual content like Orthos/Extremes its honestly a bit pathetic they're afraid of including tools in the game that help you gauge and improve performance.

Either design the game with that in mind, or make the game about improving your own performance. Right now they're trying to have their cake and eat it too.

What I've always found hilariously ironic is they designed a job that is impossible to properly optimize without the very program they don't want people using in Astro. Can you blindly put cards on a Samurai and Black Mage? Sure, but those aren't always the optimal choice. In fact, a good many Astros will never realize Dark Knight is the second best target in your opener while Ninja is the best. Why? Samurai takes much longer to "rev up" and Dark Knight has an absurdly burst-y opener.

Now it certainly won't make or break any runs if you don't card the correct people every time. That doesn't make it any less silly to design a job around buffing other jobs without any way for the players to know who's doing the highest damage and when.

[Lck0ut]

What I've always found hilariously ironic is they designed a job that is impossible to properly optimize without the very program they don't want people using in Astro. Can you blindly put cards on a Samurai and Black Mage? Sure, but those aren't always the optimal choice. In fact, a good many Astros will never realize Dark Knight is the second best target in your opener while Ninja is the best. Why? Samurai takes much longer to "rev up" and Dark Knight has an absurdly burst-y opener.

Now it certainly won't make or break any runs if you don't card the correct people every time. That doesn't make it any less silly to design a job around buffing other jobs without any way for the players to know who's doing the highest damage and when.

The same can be said for the optimal person to give Dance Partner to while playing on DNC. Outside of 2min buff windows, Ive found that a good Black Mage will tend to have the highest damage, depending on various factors including gear, fight, and rotation. Yes, just giving DP to the highest DPS melee the entire time is good enough for savage and old ultimates, but that route of optimization is there for DNC as well.