Built-in Parsers

[akaneakki]

Last time someone asked him Yoshi P literally walked off stage. So no, it will never be implemented in any way.

You mean when someone asked him for PERSONAL parser? :')

On a serious note, people can't expect to be in a group of 7 others or even in pugs where dps check is clearly not happening because their own dps is low. A parser would help them improve but they don't want to so dont expect yourself to be in a group.

[Silica-chan]

SE should just ban this topic off their forums, this is getting old

[Baingoleth]

I've only been playing FFXIV for about a month but I would like to add my thoughts coming from an MMORPG that has a very good parser.

Lord of the Rings Online doesn't have a built in parser but it does have a robust plug-in API. Of course, someone made a parser with it. The parser was built to be part of the UI and is very accurate showing all sorts of statistics in real time. It used to show numbers for the whole party and there were problems with some people making hurtful comments about other player's numbers.

Eventually, Turbine decided to make impossible for the game client to get other people's combat statistics in an effort to stop the fighting over statistics. It worked. The problem went away completely. They way it is now, players can get pretty much any information about their numbers that they would ever need and that's all. No one asks for anyone else's numbers. Sometimes people volunteer that information but usually it just inspires people to friendly competition .

[Baingoleth]

Having access to a parser can help players get better at learning skill rotations and can help them know what gear sets are more effective than other gear sets.

They way FFXIV is now, most people who want statistics use ACT and get to see the whole party's numbers. Within the first few weeks of playing, I saw too many disparaging comments in the novice network about other players numbers and I ended up leaving that chatroom because I don't want to hear that negative chatter.

It doesn't seem like it would make much of a difference if an in-game parser was added or not to stop the hurtful comments made about other player's statistics. There is a parser and it shows you your whole party's statics already. I would rather see SE do like Turbine did and prevent the game client from seeing other player's numbers. Then if SE added an in-game parser PS4 players could see their statistics also and no one would have any ammunition to give other people grief over their numbers.