Guild Wars 2

I would like to request that the exportlog command-line switch be re-enabled. It’s beyond me why you would bother to remove/disable it. It seems counter-intuitive to provide a combat log without providing any means to export it.

Also, while it does not show on the screen, logic implies that each and every mob generated should have a unique ID of some sort, perhaps some sort of hash. It would be incredibly useful for us data analysts if that number could be included in the output file on both the mob and resulting loot drop so that specific loot drops can be attributed to specific mobs.

Thanks

Where this information would be useful is for people like myself, who suffer abnormally bad loot drops, way beyond what straight RNG should cause. Overall, RNG should average out, however it does not seem to be the case for myself and many others. One could analyze the data and try to determine if there is any pattern in the bad drops, perhaps I’m not causing enough damages, or not taking enough damage, perhaps I’m not tagging mobs when I think I am. That sort of thing.

You stated you wanted us to give you more “concrete data”, well this is one way to do that. Give us the means and we’ll run with it.

I would like to second this request. I too suffer from some sort of loot ‘issue’ and have been trying to track loot with the combat log, unsucessfully.
I have come to suspect it has something to do with not getting credit (as in what happened during Karka event). I may be wrong but when suffering from lack of loot there are some ways to ease it.
Group with 5 people and it suddenly increases in quantity and (mysteriously/unexplainably) quality. Especially if all five group members are somewhat close in proximity.
Go to low level areas and speedy kills create best chance for seeing better quality/quantity loot.
I have come across a similar problem with badges in WvW.
Solo’ing Vets/Champs similarly provide nothing for loot or white/blue item.
Whether this speed/damage output is a credible assumption or not, is not within my power to know.
However logging the loot received will provide me and many others with the ‘concrete’ evidence the devs have asked for us to give.
Please consider this.