Damage Calculators

There are many formulas floating around on KI and BG, so I was wondering if FFXIAH could have a feature where you enter in your character's base stats (Maybe through edit char), enter a hypothetical equipment set (Maybe use gear from "Item sets"), and crank out numbers based on the information. It would be more useful for those who aren't sure which piece of gear they should use and it would grant some of the benefits of a parser.

Kind of a cool idea... but I think using the standard parser would still beat out any such damage calculator.

Reasoning behind this statement consists of a parser giving real-time data while in actual use in-game, whereas a damage calculator does not.

Behind this theory, a standard parser by default accomodates for level correction and pDIF. Whereas a damage calculator like the one you're describing does not, as it runs off your character's statistics only and not of the mobs in which you're fighting.

Not to mention a calculator like you've desribed would be totally useless for determining magic damage.

standard magic, Blue Magic, physical damage, WS damage, and spikes damage are all calculated differently. Each calculation is much more complicated than just the stats on your character... and for anyone "serious" about getting proper data shouldnt be interested in basically half-assing it with a crappy dmg calculator. Parse it, or dont bother.

Use the links below to see what I'm talking about:

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Calculating_Magic_Damage

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Calculating_Physical_Damage

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Calculating_Weapon_Skill_Damage

I only used damage calculator as an example, the real purpose of this would be to know whether or not you're hitting critical hit tiers or fSTR tiers without having to log into your character to figure out all this stuff. It would also make it easier for those of us who don't want to go through a lot of hassle figuring out if the difference between two pieces of gear will make a difference in the previously mentioned tiers.