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DPS Meter Megathread

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  • RuerikRuerik Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Wanting to know how much damage we do is a separate topic from wanting a tracker to babysit players through an encounter with automated callouts.

    Its also not just about damage, but which skills interact with other skills by how much. Which stats interact with others and how much.
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  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    Taerrik wrote: »
    Wanting to know how much damage we do is a separate topic from wanting a tracker to babysit players through an encounter with automated callouts.

    This isn't a combat tracker, it is a combat assistant.

    A combat tracker only tells you what has happened, it tracks combat, not predicts it.
  • mainedutchmainedutch Member, Alpha Two
    no addons = no addons. i'd like to keep it that way.

    that being said, I wouldn't care much about an in-house dps meter. i just don't want that to become a runaway train. "we have this, so why don't we do 'xyz'".
  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    mainedutch wrote: »
    no addons = no addons. i'd like to keep it that way.

    that being said, I wouldn't care much about an in-house dps meter. i just don't want that to become a runaway train. "we have this, so why don't we do 'xyz'".

    I agree.

    From my perspective though, the best way for Intrepid to prevent it from running away is for them to keep it all in house.

    If they don't have a built in combat tracker, a third party one (or second party, in my case) *will* be made. The data to fill that tracker *will* be obtained. If Intrepid leave it so that this is what happens, they have lost control.
  • mainedutchmainedutch Member, Alpha Two
    Noaani wrote: »
    mainedutch wrote: »
    no addons = no addons. i'd like to keep it that way.

    that being said, I wouldn't care much about an in-house dps meter. i just don't want that to become a runaway train. "we have this, so why don't we do 'xyz'".

    I agree.

    From my perspective though, the best way for Intrepid to prevent it from running away is for them to keep it all in house.

    If they don't have a built in combat tracker, a third party one (or second party, in my case) *will* be made. The data to fill that tracker *will* be obtained. If Intrepid leave it so that this is what happens, they have lost control.

    I mean, any unpermitted software being used in game would likely be a bannable offense. I don't think people are willing to take that risk in a game with such expeditious progression like Ashes. But who knows really.
  • NoaaniNoaani Member, Intrepid Pack, Alpha Two
    mainedutch wrote: »
    Noaani wrote: »
    mainedutch wrote: »
    no addons = no addons. i'd like to keep it that way.

    that being said, I wouldn't care much about an in-house dps meter. i just don't want that to become a runaway train. "we have this, so why don't we do 'xyz'".

    I agree.

    From my perspective though, the best way for Intrepid to prevent it from running away is for them to keep it all in house.

    If they don't have a built in combat tracker, a third party one (or second party, in my case) *will* be made. The data to fill that tracker *will* be obtained. If Intrepid leave it so that this is what happens, they have lost control.

    I mean, any unpermitted software being used in game would likely be a bannable offense. I don't think people are willing to take that risk in a game with such expeditious progression like Ashes. But who knows really.

    For sure.

    The trick is to use something they can't or won't prevent people from using.

    OBS is a good example of that. If the only software I am using in relation to the game is OBS, I can use data from that to feed my combat tracker.

    If Intrepid make using OBS and other similar software a bannable offense, there will be no videos or streaming of the game at all. Ever.

    This is what I used to do, and was able to parse livestream demonstrations of the game. It is no longer where I get my data, but it should show you how pointless it is to try and ban people.
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