Discussion: User Created UI Addons?

[Tonkra]

No, this is wrong. Eyeballing is the absolute worst possible way to know how you're performing. This was an issue in XI for years (and still is), where players think they're performing well, when in reality they're not. You can not watch your damage scroll by on screen and know how well you're doing. You have no idea what your acc is, what your average white/ws/ability damage is, crit rate, etc. unless you actually parse it. No, you don't need to compare it to other players. You can still use it solely on yourself to have valid data on how you're doing though.

if you need a tool to know that you play well.. or to see if your equipment is better than the old one.. then go ahead. i think you lack of an abillity because of kind of tools like that.

if you add up your stats of your equipment you sure will know if your crit rate is going to be bigger or whatever.
when i have equipped armor with a total of +100 critical rates instead of +50 critical rates bonus..i will probably have a better crit rate then..

hell for what do i need a parser for that to see THIS difference?

You have no idea what your acc is, what your average white/ws/ability damage is, crit rate, etc. unless you actually parse it.

add up your dam stats from your armor template. thats about it. there is no need for a parser to see the difference between well and bad equipped players.

when i have a crafted armor template which includes 80+ acc in a total i can see that my accuracy is much higher than an armor that just adds +20 acc

also i can see the difference between a player who knows how to use his skills properly .. and a player who sucks at it or isnt that efficient.

[Wolfie]

if you need a tool to know that you play well.. or to see if your equipment is better than the old one.. then go ahead. i think you lack of an abillity because of kind of tools like that.

if you add up your stats of your equipment you sure will know if your crit rate is going to be bigger or whatever.
when i have equipped armor with a total of +100 critical rates instead of +50 critical rates bonus..i will probably have a better crit rate then..

hell for what do i need a parser for that to see THIS difference?



add up your dam stats from your armor template. thats about it. there is no need for a parser to see the difference between well and bad equipped players.

when i have a crafted armor template which includes 80+ acc in a total i can see that my accuracy is much higher than an armor that just adds +20 acc

also i can see the difference between a player who knows how to use his skills properly .. and a player who sucks at it or isnt that efficient.

The point of a DPS meter is that it lets you judge on the fly what your performance is compared to the average or the minimum acceptable level, and it lets you adjust your tactics accordingly. Parsing the results after your raid has been wiping all night is not a good option.

The point of an item comparison and statistics addon is that it does the calculations on the fly. There are soft caps and diminishing returns on certain stats which aren't easy to figure out at a glance. Instead of going offline to figure this out with an excel macro (that you also most likely didn't make yourself), you can decide on the spot if an item is a worthwhile upgrade (and if it's not, maybe you won't be a d**k and pass it to someone who can really use it).