AngryCow
Dalayan Elder
Most players from what I have seen use gamparse to parse logs and to get a measure of their characters ability in-game. Gamparse was built for old Ever Quest and doesn't support SoD beyond the basics, as such it often has errors. When players are attempting to discuss theoretical versus experimental data with the staff, it is often shared as screenshots of gamparse. While gamparse has done well enough for us historically, I would like to propose a better option. I think it would be a benefit for everyone if the staff created a log parser similar to gamparse that was dedicated to SoD.
Features of this proposed parser could include:
-Parsing damage from pets better
-Parsing specific to SoD spells better
-Parsing things like ENC abilities to the characters they are buffing
-More relevant data for staff to find bugs in
-The ability to directly upload a parse file to the staff instead of a screenshot
I doubt the server has the ability to host a program like this live, so it would probably be a client side thing still. But hosting a webpage for downloading the new parser as well as a place to possibly upload parses to the staff shouldn't be a big issue. Understandably making such a tool would take staff attention away from content in the game, but I think such a tool has many benefits for our community and would have a good payoff for the time invested in it now.
Features of this proposed parser could include:
-Parsing damage from pets better
-Parsing specific to SoD spells better
-Parsing things like ENC abilities to the characters they are buffing
-More relevant data for staff to find bugs in
-The ability to directly upload a parse file to the staff instead of a screenshot
I doubt the server has the ability to host a program like this live, so it would probably be a client side thing still. But hosting a webpage for downloading the new parser as well as a place to possibly upload parses to the staff shouldn't be a big issue. Understandably making such a tool would take staff attention away from content in the game, but I think such a tool has many benefits for our community and would have a good payoff for the time invested in it now.