Controversial: The DDO Parser, is it time?

[TavernBrawler]

Funny, this was said regarding the Neverwinter mmo too. And it proved wrong then too.

Neverwinter was bankrolled by Chinese company and we all know the viability of a Chinese product: 1 year MAX.

 

[Shardrena]

Parsers never factor in buffs, debuffs, and crowd control. It's why the newest (to my knowledge) class in WoW gets so much hate. It's a "DPS" class, but according to parsers it has "bad" dps. Which ignores the fact the class buffs the party's dps. You know, rather then hogging the dps for themself. People saw the healers doing more dps then the class, but didn't try understanding why the parser was saying that.

 

[Ike]

I will let you know that a parser was banned by Standing Stone Games. Originally one was going to be implemented through Dungeon Helper (Not sure if consent was given by the original developer) but Standing Stone Games prohibited releasing it to the public.

But for anyone reading this particular post, the original poster Elminster, is just a poster who posts anything in the world and is just an unproductive forum member.

But no, parsers should not be allowed in game(s), especially this particular game. There's too many factor(s) ranging from past lives to mythic gear boosts that aren't essential or accurate for every single individual.

 

[Raedier]

I will let you know that a parser was banned by Standing Stone Games. Originally one was going to be implemented through Dungeon Helper (Not sure if consent was given by the original developer) but Standing Stone Games prohibited releasing it to the public.

But for anyone reading this particular post, the original poster Elminster, is just a poster who posts anything in the world and is just an unproductive forum member.

But no, parsers should not be allowed in game(s), especially this particular game. There's too much negative factor(s) ranging from past lives to mythic gear boosts that aren't essential or accurate.

Tbh Elminster is very productive if it comes to making me laugh out loud.

 

[Guntango]

This is an old, recycled idea that I’m still in favor of if it captures data that supports all party types. DPS is easy. Who healed the most below full hp? How quickly did a healer react to a character that took damage? How quickly/often were mobs cc’d? Net effect of character buffs/monster debuffs and who contributed most?

Otherwise, it’s a waste of time and resources as the people who play the game at a high level actually know already.

 

[Mordenkainen]

Neverwinter was bankrolled by Chinese company and we all know the viability of a Chinese product: 1 year MAX.

So which D&D MMO is comihg out in 2026??

 

[Neurik]

You complain about people doing raids & the gear you can't get from there and yet you want a DPS meter? There's a lot more to the mechanics of the game than what a meter tells you. Many players understand the concept of CC, debuffs, buffs, etc. to work as a team is stronger than any one component. Once you get over your views that DPS and big numbers are all that matter in a party/raid, then you can up your gameplay.

First he needs to actually buy the expansions, then he needs to stop posting pointless and ridiculous polls all the time, then he needs to actually follow through on the teaching raids he was all hyped to do....THEN he can work on his parser.

 

[Shardrena]

So which D&D MMO is comihg out in 2026??

Apparently it's unnamed right now. But what info exists can be found here, among other sites. Currently it's known as "Project Baxter", and is being made by the same people who made Payday.

 

[pame12]

Apparently it's unnamed right now. But what info exists can be found here, among other sites. Currently it's known as "Project Baxter", and is being made by the same people who made Payday.

Hopefully they'll design it in such a way as to not need to hardcap jump.

 

[Mordenkainen]

Also guys there does exist a CC parser, # of monsters CC'd and even total seconds CC'd.

 

[Mordenkainen]

Apparently it's unnamed right now. But what info exists can be found here, among other sites. Currently it's known as "Project Baxter", and is being made by the same people who made Payday.

This isn't a persistent MMO. More a multi-player co-op.

 

[cooloyo]

Neverwinter was bankrolled by Chinese company and we all know the viability of a Chinese product: 1 year MAX.

woke up boomer its not the 90s anymore. have u seen china's infrastructure?

 

[Lacci]

I´d rather people just play the game instead of checking if others play it "correctly" or not.

 

[Guntango]

It could be set up in a way that doesn't out your party members. Your info shows, followed by members 2, 3, 4, and 5.

 

[Mordenkainen]

Also, parses won't be made public unless the group/raid leader wants a public parse, maybe a toggle.

And I think things like parses will go a LOOONG way to stop the idling epidemic.

But yeah you got to balance that with the toxicity that a good parser can bring to a game because there exists some truly toxic people in this relatively ez game for some strange reason.

Also, you can build a "debuff" number into the parser. Calculate total -% debuff applied to X number of creatures for X number of seconds.

I mean we can parse out people's spending habits in numerical form for entire nations, some video game parse is really trivial.

 

[Shardrena]

The problem is it doesn't matter if a parser's output isn't shared with the group. Each person would run it seperately, and gatekeep content based on what parsers say a person's "contributions" are, based solely on healing and dps. If I chose to play a bard that focuses on buffing the party, being a backup healer, and crowd controls (rather then direct damage), people who care about "maximized dps/healing" and using parsers would end up booting me from the team for "not contributing". While ignoring the fact that my contributions were allowing the party to deal more damage and deal it safer. It's something that regularly happens in any MMO where parsers gain a foothold.

 

[Mickeymouse]

people can´t handle the game being down a day or two.. how would they handle this.

 

[DBZ]

25k reborn in ee von new record wheres that parsed at

 

[Driaza]

What about the insta killer builds?

The could have no DPS (or little) but handle all the trash

You just interested on big numbers vs Boss mobs?

 

[Mordenkainen]

What about the insta killer builds?

The could have no DPS (or little) but handle all the trash

You just interested on big numbers vs Boss mobs?

Insta-kills parse usually the total hit points it had. So, yeah it's massive DPS per second.