Again, there is no evidence gameparse is less accurate than a manually calculated log for the person running the software. It starts when you first hit the target and ends when it dies or you zone. Automating generally increases accuracy since human error is a variable.
Example: Parses in Sleepers with 30 foot tall translucent giants are not accurate as a general understanding of where you land on the raid meter. You might not be capturing everyone. A parse on a normal target where you are capturing 30+ people in Kael often is. Or since half a dozen people are running parses there is a general consensus of positions. Either way people are only using normal fights for a testing platform, this is why nobody is comparing their performance to another on Vyemm or Vulak with constant ins and outs. When people post this data, it’s also accurate enough nobody is starting /gu arguments contesting the results. If #1 place poster did 25k damage on KT and you did 26k damage on your own KT parse…you in-fact beat them. If people were getting real rewards for this still stuff it would be worth contesting the results or using dozens of parses to draw 3rd party averages to avoid cheating and increase consistency.
If the general population of active serious players believes a system is valid they are either all wrong and you are correct, or the contrary. I’ve been playing EQ since 1999 with 9 level 60’s on p99 and I’m a casual here. There are far smarter and more serious people than me on this server. Anyone who is serious parses because it gives you offensive and defensive data you could never get manually. The labor needed to manually tally thousands of raid kills to opine trends and incremental changes would be excessive to say the least.
I don’t mean to be rude, cynical, or cruel to you. Many of us have tried many times to explain our positions and the varied approach is often just a desperate attempt to finally land some shared understanding. Time and time again though it’s clear your mind cannot be swayed nor do you provide specifics which will allow us to suspend disbelief long enough to confirm. We all argues for about 10 pages why a level 5 turtle wouldn’t return accurate data. I’ve run hours on Bloodmaw controlling every variable and the data simply isn’t useful. I don’t take it personal wasting hours of my time, this is EQ… I just look for a better way.
In the end I wish I had dozens of epic fist/SoS parses at 60 on a level 70 target with buff consistency and another dozen with an IFS. I bet someone out there does presuming they kept track of the variables since the addition of epic bard and ranger buffs is about 100attack. I know this though, if their best parse on ____ after dozens of attempts was with a specific weapon setup it’s rational to conclude that to be the reigning setup. In my specific area of interest, Rip has my same weapons and has traditionally done better than me with them but also has had a Primal weapon longer (and is likely a better player). My best is still my 2h as is his best, one is just numerically less. Likewise my best parse on Vindi to no surprise is with a BFG/Swiftwind and casted avatar, as is his best. If his best was a random DW combination snd mine wasn’t, it would grounds for additional research and isolating the variables.
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