Symbiotic-Chromaggus(US) combat log review

morrigann728 — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:37:09 GMT

I spent a little while this afternoon going over your log site and comparing to the sites we have used previously which have been WWS, WMO and now currently using WOL. This is by no means our guilds full opinion just my own as I have as of lately been the combat log manager for our guild. And I very much appreciate you guys offering us an oppurtunity to critique your upcoming addition to your site. I will be keeping an eye on it as it progresses thru beta to see if it becomes more inline with something that we would look at to use.

Here are my thoughts after a look over (yes i know its beta so not perfect)

1) Very simple breakdowns which for a casual player makes it easier for them to understand what they are doing, but leaves alot more details wanted for the more serious player who break spells down even further to analyze where a gain can be found with a gearing change.

2) The upload system itself is similar to WWS and WMO uploading which in my personal opinion can be a headache with bandwidths especially as the site gains popularity and multiple people upload at once. Which is the main reason I enjoy World of Logs upload system as it is a LIVE upload link and generates reports as you go so if you are tweaking raid comps for specific encounters or trying to work out details for those encounters you can analyze after a wipe immediately.

Again thank you for the oppurtunity to give you guys some feedback to your new addition.

Morrígan

Symbiotic-Chromaggus(US)

How to Use / Glossary of Terms

Arphir — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:17:20 GMT

We expose a massive amount of info about your combat logs -- sometimes it can be hard to interpret without a guide. Here's a list of the various numbers we provide and what they actually mean.

Rankings vs. Ability Details

First, to understand what all the columns in your report signify, you need to figure out whether you're viewing the Rankings for a particular log, or the Ability Details.

Which is pretty easy -- the Rankings are what you see by default, and they list all the actors in the log (players, mobs, etc.). By default you can view Rankings of all players and friendly NPCs, but if you use the Actors dropdown, you can see all this info about Hostile actors, too.

Whereas, the Ability Details pages give you info on just one actor at a time. Again, you can call up Ability Details for any player, mob or NPC, friendly or hostile, just by clicking their name in the Rankings.

What the Columns Mean

A Rankings report adds up all the numbers for multiple actors in the whole log, or in a specific time period (like your third Grobbulus attempt). Here's what the columns contain for each actor:

Presence: This is the % of the time period that the actor was actually present in the log.

DPS Time, DTPS Time: This is the % of presence time that the actor spent actively dealing damage (DPS) or taking damage (DTPS).

DPS: Damage Per Second. This is the amount of Effective damage the actor dealt, divided by his DPS Time.

DTPS: Damage Taken Per Second. This is the amount of Effective damage the actor received, divided by his DTPS Time.

Raw Damage: This is all of the damage that the actor dealt or received, to anyone, even if it got mitigated (such as by a block).

Effective Damage: This is your key damage stat. It's the amount of damage that the actor dealt, minus damage they did to allies, minus damage that was mitigated (such as by a block), and minus overkill. This is where you look to figure out how much damage you're really putting out.

Crit %: Pretty self-explanatory, this is the percentage of the actor's attacks that were critical strikes. Remember that since an NPC's special abilities usually can't crit, this overall number will tend to be lower for a bad guy than it is for a player.

Miss %: This is the percentage of the actor's attacks that missed or were resisted. It doesn't include attacks that were dodged, parried, etc.

% Blck, Ddg, Par: This is the percentage of attacks that were blocked, dodged, and parried, respectively. At the moment we only expose these under Damage Received, but we'll add them as optional columns under Damage Dealt soon.

Max: This is the biggest hit that the actor dealt or received, depending on the table you're looking at. Clicking the numbers in this column and seeing that your guildie got gibbed for 130k from a Shadow Fissure is usually good for a bit of amusement.

Friendly Fire: This is how you figure out, basically, who keeps on blowing up your raid. If they've dealt a lot of Friendly Fire they're probably blowing everyone up (you can click their name and check their Ability Details to know for sure). If they've received a lot of Friendly Fire, they may not be running away from their teammates fast enough.

Overheal / % Ovh: In the Healing Done and Healing Received tables, you'll find these columns. Respectively, they contain the raw amount and percentage amount of healing from or to the actor that was overheal (over the target's max HP). That's a mouthful, but it's really pretty straightforward -- this is the amount of healing that was wasted.

Accessing the beta

Arphir — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:40:47 GMT

If you've lost your beta ID, send me a PM with your email address to request the info.

-Arph

Raid Reports Beta Feedback

Symbiotic-Chromaggus(US) combat log review

How to Use / Glossary of Terms

Rankings vs. Ability Details

What the Columns Mean

Accessing the beta