anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »The addon has been in the game for more than a week now, the only thread i see complaining about the addon is this one if no one has made another thread you can be sure the addon is not having a negative effect on the game but rather the opposite, people who are jerks will kick and miss treat low dps player no matter what it has happened before and it will keep happening this addon is not going to suddenly create a massive amount of jerks tough it did created a massive amount of whining from ultra casuals who get hurt by the wings of a butterfly.
One week is far too short to evaluate any impact in the game. I'd say it's only one week and there's already a thread about it, that proves that there's an issue.
And most of all... yet another supporter of this addon who speaks negatively of players who don't perform as well as they do. We can see a clear correlation here.
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Then why are you so gung *** over getting this add on removed? If not enough time has passed to be unsure of the impact why are you so adamantly against it?
.. Haven't I explained enough already ... ?????
Nothing I have read is a good logical reason to have this addon removed.. you say revealing your damage numbers is a breach of privacy but there shouldn't be any privacy on group information. Its like saying an addon that shows the amount of health your group members have is a breach of privacy as well.
The addon has been in the game for more than a week now, the only thread i see complaining about the addon is this one if no one has made another thread you can be sure the addon is not having a negative effect on the game but rather the opposite, people who are jerks will kick and miss treat low dps player no matter what it has happened before and it will keep happening this addon is not going to suddenly create a massive amount of jerks tough it did created a massive amount of whining from ultra casuals who get hurt by the wings of a butterfly.
The addon has been in the game for more than a week now, the only thread i see complaining about the addon is this one if no one has made another thread you can be sure the addon is not having a negative effect on the game but rather the opposite, people who are jerks will kick and miss treat low dps player no matter what it has happened before and it will keep happening this addon is not going to suddenly create a massive amount of jerks tough it did created a massive amount of whining from ultra casuals who get hurt by the wings of a butterfly.
Actually its been around for like a month. And many people kept it sort of a secret because they knew it wasn't complying with what zos intended for allowed addon functionality.
But your version of the facts is cool too!
ZOSEhas said from day one they don't want this kind of addon.. someone did some coding gymnastics to make it work.
Many of you are acting like not knowing some pugs dps is ruining the game for you. There are already legit addons for the hardcore carebears to share their dps with.
Why the war over this one?
Maybe spend some of this effort communicating with other players in a normal fashion about their dps/hps, instead of crutching and crying about an unintentionally allowed add-on.
TorvenTool wrote: »At last u know that u r in the wrong guild if u get flamed and roasted when ur damage lacks a bit in compared to the guilds 24/7 players.
That's why I left out a chat report function intentionally, the only problem I had with dmg-meters in WoW were the people spamming their numbers all the time when beeing #1. That's just not the intention of this addon.I'm still not saying that I support this addon. But not being able to link info does address one of my main concerns. That being keeping unfriendly players from belittling others.
Yes, I'm a bad person for having a problem with having 2 DDs in a dungeon that do nothing, or doing 60% of the dmg myself.anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »Carry on, @coolmodi ! Each time, you're revealing more and more of your state of mind when writing this addon ! For everyone here to make up his mind.
That's why I left out a chat report function intentionally, the only problem I had with dmg-meters in WoW were the people spamming their numbers all the time when beeing #1. That's just not the intention of this addon.I'm still not saying that I support this addon. But not being able to link info does address one of my main concerns. That being keeping unfriendly players from belittling others.Yes, I'm a bad person for having a problem with having 2 DDs in a dungeon that do nothing, or doing 60% of the dmg myself.anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »Carry on, @coolmodi ! Each time, you're revealing more and more of your state of mind when writing this addon ! For everyone here to make up his mind.
It's no big problem if they're just new, or don't know how to play their char, this addon is ultimately exactly for helping with that, but if they're just doing bearly anything, well then it just pisses me off. Is that so bad?
Thanks to this addon I can finally, even as a casual player without a guild or people I play with that I could compare with by exchanging data, compare myself with others and get an idea on how I and my build fare. Without I could very well also be one of those bad DDs and don't even know it, and that's something I just don't like, a game where I have no clue whether I'm good or bad.
Thanks to this addon I can finally, even as a casual player without a guild or people I play with that I could compare with by exchanging data, compare myself with others and get an idea on how I and my build fare. Without I could very well also be one of those bad DDs and don't even know it, and that's something I just don't like, a game where I have no clue whether I'm good or bad.
TorvenTool wrote: »Thanks to this addon I can finally, even as a casual player without a guild or people I play with that I could compare with by exchanging data, compare myself with others and get an idea on how I and my build fare. Without I could very well also be one of those bad DDs and don't even know it, and that's something I just don't like, a game where I have no clue whether I'm good or bad.
This at least. I've tried it last weekend and found myself back in reality or at least in the magicka DK's reality. Althought I am satisfied with my damage because I'm mainly a PVP player the output of the sorv and NB was insane compared to mine.
TorvenTool wrote: »Thanks to this addon I can finally, even as a casual player without a guild or people I play with that I could compare with by exchanging data, compare myself with others and get an idea on how I and my build fare. Without I could very well also be one of those bad DDs and don't even know it, and that's something I just don't like, a game where I have no clue whether I'm good or bad.
This at least. I've tried it last weekend and found myself back in reality or at least in the magicka DK's reality. Althought I am satisfied with my damage because I'm mainly a PVP player the output of the sorv and NB was insane compared to mine.
Not the magicka-DKs fault ;-)
TorvenTool wrote: »Thanks to this addon I can finally, even as a casual player without a guild or people I play with that I could compare with by exchanging data, compare myself with others and get an idea on how I and my build fare. Without I could very well also be one of those bad DDs and don't even know it, and that's something I just don't like, a game where I have no clue whether I'm good or bad.
This at least. I've tried it last weekend and found myself back in reality or at least in the magicka DK's reality. Althought I am satisfied with my damage because I'm mainly a PVP player the output of the sorv and NB was insane compared to mine.
Not the magicka-DKs fault ;-)
Not the magicka-DKs fault ;-)
anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »Not the magicka-DKs fault ;-)
That's yet another issue. Not all classes are equal when it comes to DPS output, which in turn depends on environment (not all mobs have the same resistances) and on group settings (support abilities provided by other group members). And what about synergies, which is damage provided by two or more players together ?
Yet (most) people will still consider the top result as mentioned by the addon as "the best" and the worse as "the weak link". Very few players are actually experienced and knowledgeable enough to read these raw numbers properly in order to evaluate player's performance.
- "Nova 2, please ? Who's got Nova ready ?"
- "Sorry, there are only sorcs in the group's DPSers. "
- "Warhorn 2 please ? Who's got warhorn ?
- "Sorry I'm a sorc, I'm nothing without overload, so I won't slot war horn, 'cause ya know, DPS-meter..."
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group-support etc is the same for everyone in a group...I know that you can't compaire your raid-dps with your dps in a pug-group. But you CAN compare the dps of DDs in the same pug-group. Regarding your examples...a (sorc-)dd? warhorn?? rly??
anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »group-support etc is the same for everyone in a group...I know that you can't compaire your raid-dps with your dps in a pug-group. But you CAN compare the dps of DDs in the same pug-group. Regarding your examples...a (sorc-)dd? warhorn?? rly??
Activating a synergy arithmetically lowers the DPS of the person who activates it. Extra damage is not calculated as his own output. Many players don't bother activating them because of "DPS-meters", that's a fact. "Public" DPS-meters will only make things worse.
Yes, warhorn for a sorc-DD. I am a sorc DD and I am often required to slot warhorn. Simply because other players don't want to because of "Holy-DPS-meter". I know it's ridiculous, a waste of potential, but I don't care if my DPS sinks by 5K if it benefits the groups global DPS by 30K but some people prefer to care of their own DPS. It's gonna be worse when they'll fear judgement and "rankings" induced by this addon. ESPECIALLY IN PUGs. Nobody will want to slot war horn if they believe that their individual ultimate will prevent them from ranking last and appear and being carried by the group.
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anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »group-support etc is the same for everyone in a group...I know that you can't compaire your raid-dps with your dps in a pug-group. But you CAN compare the dps of DDs in the same pug-group. Regarding your examples...a (sorc-)dd? warhorn?? rly??
Activating a synergy arithmetically lowers the DPS of the person who activates it. Extra damage is not calculated as his own output. Many players don't bother activating them because of "DPS-meters", that's a fact. "Public" DPS-meters will only make things worse.
Yes, warhorn for a sorc-DD. I am a sorc DD and I am often required to slot warhorn. Simply because other players don't want to because of "Holy-DPS-meter". I know it's ridiculous, a waste of potential, but I don't care if my DPS sinks by 5K if it benefits the group's global DPS by 30K, but some people prefer to care of their own DPS. It's gonna be worse when they'll fear the judgement and "rankings" induced by this addon. ESPECIALLY IN PUGs. Nobody will want to slot war horn if they believe that their individual ultimate will prevent them from ranking last and appear as being carried by the group.
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Wait.... You're serious?
But they should not be able to measure that other persons DPS without their say so.
^THIS. We already know. This "spying" or "without consent" labeling of this addon is ridiculous. You guys are fear mongering about information that is already is already available just not exacting. The addon simply makes it exact.WOW....this thread certainly blew up. If you have crap DPS your group's already going to know, so don't be scared people....
This is just ridiculous, any sorc that would be forced to use warhorn would be reluctant to do so, "Holy-DPS-meter" or not. All these examples you keep bringing up have nothing to do with the use of a DPS-meter or not, just examples of people being *** to others. And in that regard, if people use this addon it will become alot clearer of who they are exactly so you can properly avoid them.anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »group-support etc is the same for everyone in a group...I know that you can't compaire your raid-dps with your dps in a pug-group. But you CAN compare the dps of DDs in the same pug-group. Regarding your examples...a (sorc-)dd? warhorn?? rly??
Activating a synergy arithmetically lowers the DPS of the person who activates it. Extra damage is not calculated as his own output. Many players don't bother activating them because of "DPS-meters", that's a fact. "Public" DPS-meters will only make things worse.
Yes, warhorn for a sorc-DD. I am a sorc DD and I am often required to slot warhorn. Simply because other players don't want to because of "Holy-DPS-meter". I know it's ridiculous, a waste of potential, but I don't care if my DPS sinks by 5K if it benefits the group's global DPS by 30K, but some people prefer to care of their own DPS. It's gonna be worse when they'll fear the judgement and "rankings" induced by this addon. ESPECIALLY IN PUGs. Nobody will want to slot war horn if they believe that their individual ultimate will prevent them from ranking last and appear as being carried by the group.
anitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »Wait.... You're serious?
Yes. Why do you ask ?
Things like that happen all the time, in guilds' groups, in half-guild groups (that's what I call groups made of several guilds), in half-pug groups (that's how I call a PUG group made via, for instance, a trading guild), and pure pug groups. To several extents and in different forms (sometimes people will tell you straight away that they're only making this run for a personal DPS check against Valariel or the mage or the manti... , sometimes they'll pretend to just not have war horn and no skill points left...).
Happens all the time, and no raid leader "authority" can counter that.
Actually the place where it is most likely to happen is a pure pug group, and the place where it is less likely to happen is in a top progression guild (because people there really care about group results, and individualism is less tolerated).
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But they should not be able to measure that other persons DPS without their say so.^THIS. We already know. This "spying" or "without consent" labeling of this addon is ridiculous. You guys are fear mongering about information that is already is already available just not exacting. The addon simply makes it exact.WOW....this thread certainly blew up. If you have crap DPS your group's already going to know, so don't be scared people....
This is just ridiculous, any sorc that would be forced to use warhorn would be reluctant to do so, "Holy-DPS-meter" or not. All these examples you keep bringing up have nothing to do with the use of a DPS-meter or not, just examples of people being *** to others. And in that regard, if people use this addon it will become alot clearer of who they are exactly so you can properly avoid them.
Since when is warhorn required for anything but leaderboard runs? Props to you for running it, its a great support skill, but really? Worse, if you are the one pushing to use it that kinda makes you the elitist jerk here...
In the end, ZOS will make a decision. My guess is that it will be too much trouble to change things back.
But they should not be able to measure that other persons DPS without their say so.^THIS. We already know. This "spying" or "without consent" labeling of this addon is ridiculous. You guys are fear mongering about information that is already is already available just not exacting. The addon simply makes it exact.WOW....this thread certainly blew up. If you have crap DPS your group's already going to know, so don't be scared people....
We are not fear mongering. At least I'm not. We are having a discussion about something that until now has not been available data-wise for people to see. And the reason this data is now available is because of an "oversight" by ZOS. They did not intend for this info to be available.
Can you at least recognize that this data makes some players uncomfortable, even downright good players? I'm not just speaking for myself. I've had several friends express concern about being compared to others. They really are excellent and competitive players. But they've enjoyed this freedom of not being judged. Maybe that's hard to understand for some.
In the end, ZOS will make a decision. My guess is that it will be too much trouble to change things back. So those who want this addon to stay will be happy in the end. And those who don't will learn to live with it. But if you and others can walk away from this thread being just a little more aware of how it does make some uncomfortable, then that is a good thing.
Oh and if someone doesn't want their performance to be judged, just don't group - problem solved.