The problem isn't only with the elitist, but with EVERYONE. A DPS meter introduces a domino effect that ultimately kills the game, just as it happened with WoW and other similar games where this feature existed:



1 - DPS Meter is introduced. People stop getting judged for their capacity to stay alive and still do decent dmg, but for their ability to DISH OUT 1337 DPS.



2 - Priorities change. suddenly dodging attack X or Y becomes less important because it'll hurt DPS



3 - Healers start to have serious mana problems from healing DDs who care first about DPS, and second about their HP bar. (and they NEED to. sub-par (I mean, non-awesome) DPS can get them kicked out of the group)



4 - Wipes. Lots of them. Tank curses healers, healers curse DDs, DDs curse everybody. Massive outcry on the forums about the game being too hard and only hardcore guilds who play 10 hours a day being able to clear content.



5 - EME listens to the massive QQ and eventually nerf the dungeons to oblivion. PvE content becomes ridiulously easy as to accomodate for this playstyle the community addopted.



6 - More outcry because the PuGs formed through the LFD STILL can't clear content. EME introduces ridiculous buffs on parties made through the LFD so it can compensate for the lack of coordination of such groups. This incentives ppl to use only the LFD, even parties made of guildmates will use the LFD now and just blow through the dungeons.



7 - PvE content as a whole becomes ridiculously easy. People just burn through them ASAP to farm gear/gold/marks. speed becomes esencial. No more challenge, just grinding. Game is officially broken.



"All of this has happened before, and it will happen again"

There's also an endgame boss where if you don't kill a stone in the center of the arena in the designated time frame the boss spits lava at you and roasts you. As long as people have decent equips there's really no need for a DPS meter though.

OMG why are you guys so obssessed on this?

WoW and RIFT really spoiled you. the MMO genre survived for like 10 years without this dreaded tool, and it was only introduced by a 3RD-PARTY ADDON from WoW which many cite as one of the reasons for what happened to that game. Let's keep TERA clean of this absurdity. Please.

The problem isn't only with the elitist, but with EVERYONE. A DPS meter introduces a domino effect that ultimately kills the game, just as it happened with WoW and other similar games where this feature existed:

1 - DPS Meter is introduced. People stop getting judged for their capacity to stay alive and still do decent dmg, but for their ability to DISH OUT 1337 DPS.

2 - Priorities change. suddenly dodging attack X or Y becomes less important because it'll hurt DPS

3 - Healers start to have serious mana problems from healing DDs who care first about DPS, and second about their HP bar. (and they NEED to. sub-par (I mean, non-awesome) DPS can get them kicked out of the group)

4 - Wipes. Lots of them. Tank curses healers, healers curse DDs, DDs curse everybody. Massive outcry on the forums about the game being too hard and only hardcore guilds who play 10 hours a day being able to clear content.

5 - EME listens to the massive QQ and eventually nerf the dungeons to oblivion. PvE content becomes ridiulously easy as to accomodate for this playstyle the community addopted.

6 - More outcry because the PuGs formed through the LFD STILL can't clear content. EME introduces ridiculous buffs on parties made through the LFD so it can compensate for the lack of coordination of such groups. This incentives ppl to use only the LFD, even parties made of guildmates will use the LFD now and just blow through the dungeons.

7 - PvE content as a whole becomes ridiculously easy. People just burn through them ASAP to farm gear/gold/marks. speed becomes esencial. No more challenge, just grinding. Game is officially broken.

"All of this has happened before, and it will happen again"

It is mind blowing how many people are complaining about damage metres and how it may detract from their gaming experience, you know what? Almost everything will have a negative impact on the game depending on HOW people use it. At the end of the day, DPS metres is a TOOL and its up to the users to use it or abuse it. Just because certain players decides to abuse it and be [filtered]s doesn't mean the tool itself is the problem. This is akin to "don't shoot the messenger", shoot the asswipes who sent the msg AKA abusers of DPS metres.

Another analogy would be if a car crashes and kill a couple of people because it was driven by an idiot, should we outlaw the use of cars? Cause thats pretty much what all those narrow minded whingers are saying.

The fact remains: no single tool can do as much damage as a DPS meter.

Go back to WoW with your balancing breaking UI mods and dps meters causing all sorts of garbage. No one wants you here.

Your big points are bad players not being able to do everything they want. So things need to get nerfed for them to do it. The damage meter is completely independent of that spiral.

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Your big points are bad players not being able to do everything they want. So things need to get nerfed for them to do it. The damage meter is completely independent of that spiral.

No, my big point is that by introducing DPS meters, the general population will BECOME bad players because of the simple fact that they will be judged for their DPS, not their ability to survive. If a hard-mode dungeon enrage timer is being reached, then EVERYBODY in the group should start pumping more damage, period. Introducing a DPS meter will only make people who didn't think the quantity of DPS they're pulling is their maximum priority (surviving is) to MAKE it their first priority.

The moment DDs start being nothing more than a number on a DPS table - that's when the game begins to descend that spiral.