CombatDash vs FF Logs

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.

FF Logs provides combat analysis for Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIV. Players can record encounters, upload reports, and examine combat activity in real time. The site lists raid progress, speed, and execution rankings, along with job balance statistics. Its Deaths Statistics show how often players die, which mechanics are involved, and how much overkill occurred. FF Logs also supports match history, player profiles, team statistics, leaderboards, and live statistics. The homepage links to a downloadable app; subscribers receive ad-free viewing within uploader applications. For developers, the public GraphQL v2 API uses client credentials, while access to private reports through the private API requires user permission. API authentication uses OAuth 2.0. FF Logs has a free plan, with paid subscriptions starting at $2 a month for Silver. Higher tiers list older-report access, increased API limits, and Discord roles or channels. Supported access includes web, Windows, macOS, Linux, and API.