Privacy from third party sites

[CaedemSanguis]

Do you ever think that people don't particularly care about clearing savage in a week?

Yeah, in fact there is only a very small minority that do week 1 savage clear

But I dont see your point, im recruiting for a week1 static and so I need to know if you parses are at least 90-95, what’s the matter if only 1% do week 1 savage ?

[Ramiee]

Yeah, it’s more important than having ultimates on-patch for example, I think most week1 static will ask for week 1 - week 2 clear

That's fine for speed runners but at that point people trying to be on that level would already be parsing and logging themselves. Opting-in to this scene, I don't see why people not interested in this opting-out is such a problem. Some people play the game at their own pace.

[CaedemSanguis]

That's fine for speed runners but at that point people trying to be on that level would already be parsing and logging themselves. Opting-in to this scene, I don't see why people not interested in this opting-out is such a problem. Some people play the game at their own pace.

Nothing wrong going at your own pace, it’s just that in some case, you will have to prove what you’re capable of

But nothing wrong in not doing extremes/savages/ultimates

[Ramiee]

Nothing wrong going at your own pace, it’s just that in some case, you will have to prove what you’re capable of

But nothing wrong in not doing extremes/savages/ultimates

So yeah we agree this is something we should opt-in to if you're trying to play in the parsing/speedrunning scene but its okay to not be part of if you are just playing the game at your own pace. Because thats all im saying.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I think this always should have been opt-in. Don't parses violate the TOS to begin with in general? Why are all our characters funneled into such websites?

Now, behind the scenes, as someone who was an officer in a very high-end raid guild in the past, I can understand the use of such tools. It saves a lot of time having some info about applicants. A bad addition to a raid team can be disruptive and it can also cause a lot of drama trying to eventually remove them. Showing your credentials to be part of an exclusive team, IMO, is fine. If I wanted to raid I'd open my logs back up for any applications.

But for most of us with no interest in raids, recent events showed us that this info is just used to harass others in scenerios where the data is not even relevant.

[AmiableApkallu]

Hey I thought I would let people know that to have your data hidden on FFlogs and tomestone.gg you can go into your profile on the lodestone and put in the description of your profile:

fflogs-hidden
tomestone-hidden

Next time you are refreshed on your profile on these websites your information will be hidden. Thought I would let people know.
I don't hate these websites existing, I do however hate that they are not opt-in, If people want to parse thats fine but I value privacy and prefer to keep that between me and my static.

It's perhaps worth noting that a lot of the information shown on tomestone.gg is available from your Lodestone profile and public achievements.

(Things I learn: The Lodestone's display for an achievement shows only a date, but the underlying code for the page contains a precise timestamp.)

It looks to me like only the "Activity" tab actually makes use of logs/parses.

[LilimoLimomo]

Hey I thought I would let people know that to have your data hidden on FFlogs and tomestone.gg you can go into your profile on the lodestone and put in the description of your profile:

fflogs-hidden
tomestone-hidden

I'm largely unfamiliar with the Lodestone. I logged in to try this functionality out for my own character profile, but I don't see any part of it called "Description". Is it named something else, or am I simply looking in the wrong place? Thanks for any help! ^^

[AmiableApkallu]

I'm largely unfamiliar with the Lodestone. I logged in to try this functionality out for my own character profile, but I don't see any part of it called "Description". Is it named something else, or am I simply looking in the wrong place?

1. Visit https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/my/.
2. There's a section called "Character Profile" near the top. Click the ">".
3. On that page, scroll down to "Character Profile". Click the pencil icon on the right to edit it.

[LilimoLimomo]

1. Visit https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/my/.
2. There's a section called "Character Profile" near the top. Click the ">".
3. On that page, scroll down to "Character Profile". Click the pencil icon on the right to edit it.

Thank you!

[Jamini]

Y'all are way too afraid of a number on a website. All parses do is show how well you are hitting buttons (The right buttons, at yhe right time, in the right order, without gaps).

Can't shake the feeling a lotta folks genuinely aren't as good as they think they are at a trivial timewaster (a game) and get real bent out of shape when people who are don't want to associate with 'em. Hurt pride is a helluva drug.

Also to the lass calling all raiders rude/toxic/etc... Sorry but I disagree. Near every serious raider I've met has been pleasant and understanding. You have to be, because if you start friction in content that takes 40+ hour to clear with the same group (pool, in the case of PF) you will quickly finds yourself booted from groups, blacklisted, or removed from raids.

Anyway, see some of you in Arcadion!