What is Parsing in FFXIV?



Ever wanted to live on the edge from the comfort of your basement? Try parsing Sastasha (Hard). I’ll wait. If you have no idea what parsing is or why it’s only ever mentioned with half-held breaths, this video might be for you! After 5 minutes, you’ll have a surface-level understanding of what ACT is and how to use it to improve your FFXIV gameplay or I guarantee you your… 5 minutes back?

Here are all the websites I mention:

+ Advanced Combat Tracker: https://advancedcombattracker.com/
+ FF Logs: https://www.fflogs.com/
– How to Navigate Through Logs: https://articles.fflogs.com/help/how-to-navigate-through-logs
– DPS-type Comparison: https://articles.fflogs.com/help/a-guide-to-r-dps-n-dps-and-a-dps
+ XIV Analysis: https://xivanalysis.com/

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Defining “parsing”
0:37 The Controversy
1:25 What is ACT actually good for?
2:01 What is FF Logs?
3:06 Navigating FF Logs
4:34 XIV Analysis
5:29 Outro

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14 thoughts on “What is Parsing in FFXIV?”

  1. parsing has way too much of a negative connotation around it, more people should be open minded about this topic while being friendly towards others. its not a competition against each other, its a great tool for personal growth! this is a very good video, thank u!!

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  2. I don't really understand why people care about how much damage they do or why people feel it necessary to improve this function of their character. I always thought damage rotations were straight forward enough that you do them in a certain order over and over resetting from opener to gap fillers in sequence with the fight.

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  3. If it is really only about self improvement then why is it opt-out instead of opt-in? Or at least private by default? Why does it allow people to upload and view others performance for "self improvement" before they even know a online database like that even exists? An average to compare to would be enough for people to judge their own performance. It seems clear that ff logs wants to be used for more toxic things.

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  4. My first savage tier was Asphodelos and I went through the entire thing not knowing what parsing even was, but I thought I was pretty decent at my job.
    Little did I know I was a gray gamer across the board.
    I'm a pf hobo anyways so it matters little who sees them, but I have to admit fflogs was instrumental in me striving to get good at the game and to stop being dead weight in my parties.

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