DPS Meter Megathread

It's time to awaken the ancient evil, cause I don't wanna make a new thread just about this.

Steven has finally confirmed that we ain't getting stuff that's gonna be as difficult as FF14's ultimates or WoW's mythic+ (the clip continues a bit more after this).
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxzVVVzcryVUpXupNHYVTwbf-4wuQlc0rn?si=DEM1z0OcvbjLDlxG

So, now, I know that we've had discussions that meters don't have to be used purely for pve encounters and all that, but I do feel like when majority of players here "dps meters" - wow's mythic stuff is the first thing that comes to their minds, so I feel like if we're not getting that kind of difficulty then we don't really need the meters either.

Ludullu wrote: »

It's time to awaken the ancient evil, cause I don't wanna make a new thread just about this.

Steven has finally confirmed that we ain't getting stuff that's gonna be as difficult as FF14's ultimates or WoW's mythic+ (the clip continues a bit more after this).
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxzVVVzcryVUpXupNHYVTwbf-4wuQlc0rn?si=DEM1z0OcvbjLDlxG

So, now, I know that we've had discussions that meters don't have to be used purely for pve encounters and all that, but I do feel like when majority of players here "dps meters" - wow's mythic stuff is the first thing that comes to their minds, so I feel like if we're not getting that kind of difficulty then we don't really need the meters either.

I believe you should have made the other thread.

I listened to the clip, and as a Combat Tracker myself (just me, personally, with my irl Perfect Clarity skill, ofc) I don't really think it's related to this thread and for some people who don't consume all content, it might have been better to get that as a 'new thread'.

But, either way, I'm now doing my part, so maybe we can, in fact, leave it here, since discussion of it would probably devolve pretty quickly into DPS meters, at least.

For the usual people, Steven is just clarifying his audience a bit more. There's even a small new hint where he opens up the potential for making it so that all boss content has the possibility of PvX (basically he phrased something in a way that could let him later on say that he told us that there might not be any content that is guaranteed to have no PvP at it).

I appreciate this shift to the clarification of the game's audience.

Har un il tok Fyrburand mat dar. (or Mu fen spaan un zeymah Yolhaalvut, if you prefer)

Azherae wrote: »

But, either way, I'm now doing my part, so maybe we can, in fact, leave it here, since discussion of it would probably devolve pretty quickly into DPS meters, at least.

This is kinda exactly why I decided to post here.

I don't really see much "new" discussion happening with any newcomers to the forums, while this was just a piece of news for anyone who might not be watching all the ashes-related content out there, while is still interested in news related to this topic (which, imo hardcore pve directly is). And all the regulars would definitely get triggered by this thread being updated, so they'll check these news

Azherae wrote: »

For the usual people, Steven is just clarifying his audience a bit more.

And yeah, this is definitely a concentration of the TA circle. I am curious what has pushed Steven to finally say it like this. Cause even just a few months ago (or maybe it's been a damn year already) we had that one other interview where he said that Intrepid would be trying to make content that would appeal to hardcore pvers.

It would be cool if our endless discussions of the topic brought it on, but I doubt we wield that kind of power.

I'm sure that someone at Intrepid (most likely Steven himself ofc) absolutely understands that we are a 'sample set'. A microcosm of what is to come.

And we're invested enough to actually hang around and try(?) to discuss these things in a serious and civil manner (lol).

But only 9 days until we can go into the West.

Azherae wrote: »

And we're invested enough to actually hang around and try(?) to discuss these things in a serious and civil manner (lol).

That "try" should definitely join the heavy weight olympic competition, cause oooooh boi it's doing some insanely heavy lifting

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I feel like you're mistaking me with someone. I love pvp. I played L2 for 12 years and started following Ashes exactly because it has the same pvp system. I've also PKed countless people and have been PKed countless times, and am completely fine with both of those things. And I never expected instanced pve to be the king of Ashes. Hell, in pretty much every damn thread about instanced content I've been against it (arenas included iric).

Yet you're trying to use that quote as if it's something that's meant to scare me or smth

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It's news related directly to the topic of this thread. I considered it pointless to make a whole new thread about a fairly niche topic, while we already had this topic that perfectly fit the news.

Not everyone watches all the content/news related to Ashes, but those people might check this thread because it's a meme one at this point, and discussions in it have always been quite hot (hence the obscene 215 pages).

So yes, I did do a good job

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That a very positive outlook on what he said. We'll see what exactly he meant in a few years