DPS Meter Usage?

[EveK]

It is 100% against the rules. Square enforces it 100%. They do not, however, actively witch hunt for people violating the rules; as people have said, they must be reported by other players. Beyond that, they will not punish anyone without solid proof. As people have said, this most likely takes the form of someone admitting the usage via in-game chat. Videos, as a general policy, are not accepted as evidence to punish people. With varying degrees of ease, one could alter the image and/or impersonate the character in such a way as to frame someone. I frankly wouldn't put it past some trolls to take a broadcast of me playing from my Twitch channel and adding their own camera and parser feeds. As extremely unlikely as the situation seems in the grand scheme of things, the fundamental principle of never banning the innocent must prevail.

And for the record, it's obviously absurd to say everyone uses them. Of course that's false. You don't use them. I don't use them. A whole lot of people that really don't care enough to post in this thread don't use them. But the cheaters sleep better at night if they convince themselves it's common practice, hang out with like-minded folks to reinforce that notion, and then make the additional logical leap that common practice somehow magically makes something okay.

It's also worth a side note that PvP matches actually do give damage numbers on the scoreboard. Just like with everything else, the amount of damage one's hits add up to is ultimately of far less consequence than many other factors.

So ... if you will only accept a perfect world where every onze of wrongdoing is immediately met with ultimate justice by Game Masters ... this is not the world for you and I suspect there is not one. But you can rest assured that Square actually does enforce their policies as best they can.