2/22/2012 -> Can we get an update on where the Combat Log is?

I'll pay $0.50 extra per month for a combat log.

Also, what car doesn't come with an air conditioner standard? This game was supposed to be a Lexus, not a Kia.

i am utterly shocked about how much crap the op has suffered from asking a question.
1 - his opinion is not everyone's opinion - we all know this
2 - these forums are mostly about bashing or congratulation the game - its hard to look through this forum and see something like this
3- hes asking - does anyone have any news links or news that can address his question?

This is 100% false. If this were a single player game...possibly. But seeing how 16 man operations is a group based team activity...false. The group should also have tools to maximize and improve as a whole.

Well we can add you to the list of people that live in an idealistic, la la land, that is incapable of connecting the dots between the lessons that MMO history has taught us.

Like it our not - BioWare has a reponsibility to provide it's player base with the most enjoyable community it can possibly help sustain. They are the governing body in charge of making the rules. They provide the tools. Any additional tools they introduce to an enviroment that has an effect on the community is their responsiblity.

Entrust this power to the people? Again - learn your lessons from MMO history. These same people have proven on a whole that these tools cannot be trusted to them to be used responsibly. There are solutions.

There is only 1 viable argument for having a combat parser in this game: Self improvement to maximize builds and rotations.

There is 1 viable solution: Combat dummies with a built in meter on them only.

If they open this game up like the Wild, Wild West - and allow every idiot in the world to carry a loaded weapon in public, there will be social chaos. As opposed to what we have now - a civil, mindful, community.

Quite the contrary. A combat log will provide an objective means for evaluating the effectiveness of classes/specs against other classes/specs. Furthermore, it will serve to falsify inaccurate claims that are thrown around as well as provide a basis for a player to reflect on their own effectiveness.

The animosity isn't latent (look that word up, by the way). It's clearly frothing. The dismal state of this game's community is glaringly apparent. It's all due to the fact that speculation is fueling perceptions on both sides of the line. People want to make claims about this class or that spec. Once there's a combat log, it will be possible to overwrite the emotions with empyrical data.

Will there still be animosity and whining? Of course, but it will be much easier for other players not to rise up against those attitudes. They can take comfort in being able to accurately assess a claims validity.

Do you really believe that tension born out of a lack of information is going to be exacerbated by clear and authoritative data that can quantify the very arguments through which that tension manifests? Oh dear.

How about this?

You can have your combat parser and I can have an option to 'opt-out' which causes my information not to stream into your log?

I can list a few, rather high performance cars that did not come with A/C. Also, your analogy is rediculous.

On a side note, I keep seeing how combat logs killed WoW. I never played WoW, so I am confused as to what the problem is/was. Could someone please elaborate?

How about this?

You can have your combat parser and I can have an option to 'opt-out' which causes my information not to stream into your log?