CombatDash vs Elite Insights
CombatDash
combatdash.comElite Insights
github.comSide by side
| Figure | CombatDash | Elite Insights |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Damage Meters | 7.7 (#5) | 8.0 (#3) |
| Integrations | CombatDash describes interoperability with CombatAnalysis and PvMP+, including reading their machine-readable chat posts for the raid board. | Console settings support uploads to dps.report and Wingman plus Discord webhook messages. |
| License | CombatDash is described as a free, MIT-licensed, unofficial community plugin. | The software is licensed under MIT, allowing use, copying, modification, distribution, sublicensing, and sale subject to the license conditions. |
| Purpose | CombatDash gives LOTRO players a glanceable view of damage, incoming damage, healing and time to defeat during combat. | Elite Insights parses binary .evtc files generated by ArcDPS and produces HTML results for review. |
| Support | The maker links to Discord as a community contact channel. | The maintainers direct users to a Discord server for ArcDPS, addon, and EVTC parsing discussions and troubleshooting. |
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In their own words
CombatDash
CombatDash is a free, MIT-licensed community plugin for The Lord of the Rings Online on Windows. It gives creep-class players a glanceable combat dashboard showing incoming damage, received healing, outgoing healing, damage per second, effective damage per second, and time to defeat. The suite also includes five toggleable HUDs and three information windows. Class indicators use icons, LEDs, and bars for class-specific stances, stacks, and countdowns. The Fights window presents historical encounters as graphs and statistics sheets and includes a raid board assembled from chat posts. The Map window marks keep ownership, gates, sightings, port points, and rally points with clickable travel markers. The Heals window shows up to 24 members and reads cooldown broadcasts from the Sender. CombatDash describes interoperability with CombatAnalysis and PvMP+ through machine-readable chat posts. Installation involves downloading a release from LoTROInterface, unzipping it into the LOTRO Plugins folder, and loading it with the in-game Plugin Manager. It supports combat-log import and session history.
Elite Insights
Elite Insights parses binary .evtc files generated by ArcDPS and produces HTML results for review. The interface accepts .evtc, .evtc.zip and .zevtc files through individual selection, directory population or drag and drop. Reports include Statistics, Combat Replay and Healing Statistics. Statistics cover damage, gameplay, offensive and defensive details, support, buffs, damage modifiers, mechanics, graphs, rotations and player or target summaries. Combat Replay includes animation controls, pan and zoom, damage tables, player and target status, mechanics filters, markers and range or cone indicators. Healing statistics depend on the ArcDPS Healing Stats Extension. The EVTC Inspector displays events, agent and skill data, content GUIDs and combat items, with filtering and selectable details. Output settings can generate HTML, CSV, JSON, XML and trace files. Console settings support uploads to dps.report and Wingman, plus Discord webhook messages. An Anonymous setting can obscure player character and account names. The software is free under the MIT license and currently requires .NET 8.0; Linux and macOS users are directed to ASP.NET Core Runtime instructions.