Guild Wars 2

The combat log in this game is horrible and without a doubt the worst of any AAA MMO I have ever played. I know games have to ship with features turned off or reduced but this is a commonly shipped feature of almost every MMO out there. With almost a year past, it is time to implement this primal feature.

A list of the basic items in a combat log:

• Time stamp
• From player (doesn’t have to be by name)
• To player (doesn’t have to be by name)
• Skill name or id
• HP effected positive (heal) or negative (damage including condition dmg)
• Specific modifiers such as crits
• Downed/Death notices

In addition, the combat log should have an export/log to file option that saves in a CSV, XML or similar format.