Reflecting on a Decade of Warcraft Logs

Posted 2023/03/06 at 2:39 PM by Archimtiros

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For almost 10 years, Warcraft Logs have played a significant role in the World of Warcraft raiding scene. Being the go-to resource for analyzing and improving performance in raid encounters, and shaping the way people approach the game.

In 2013, when the idea of WCL first started, it was to better analyze various raid encounters, as there was a lack of resources to do so. It quickly became apparent that there was potential for more than just a combat log parsing site. It didn't just stop at Warcraft Logs though, Kihra found a passion for combat log parsing and started supporting more sites, such as FF Logs, ESO Logs, Rift Logs, and WildStar Logs.

Warcraft Logs and the other projects have turned into a business and a community over the past few years. We are incredibly proud to support and inspire other resources and tools in the community through our API, by working with talented community members through WoWAnalyzer, providing data analysis, stream tools and widgets for the Race to World First events, and more.

Comment by TransfatWarcraftlogs has made the game for me personally alot more fun because I can analyze combat encounters and be able to figure out how to optimize my gameplay very easily. It's also functioned as a pseudo time capsule since I can check on historical logs from previous expansions and reminisce :).Comment by 2350822Love Warcraftlogs <3Comment by CTEKKThey also have great fast free support. I was amazed.Comment by Wixman1234On the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by TNydHere's to ten more! <3Comment by VSozonovOn the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by lovelywazOn the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by BrotherBeanBoiOn the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by FactorEI find logs to be fairly useless for the avg lfr/normal/heroic player who isn't doing mythic raid to gauge themselves by.

The ilvl% parses are very easily manipulated so not much use to gauge yourself by unless you really mine down and find people with your exact same gear set.

The extra powers on some pieces ( Nelth bow for example) can make it seem you are terrible if you dont have it even if your rotation is flawless.

Also, unless you have the top end gear you'll always parse green/blue overall.

That being said, its interesting to look at the other stats and see what gear the top parses are using.Comment by Mardux11On the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by MadSoritmihcraLmlmfao yeah bro, i'm sure the "inspiration" came from "his time in throne of thunder". not world of logs, the original logging site, and maybe wanting to make a better product.

man. not even a single mention of it. pathetic. really shows how new the community these days are and how little they know about the real past OG sites.Comment by ArchimtirosOn the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by SteehlAs someone that was raiding with Kihra when he came up with Warcraft Logs, this makes me feel really nostalgic! I still remember the raid night on Dark Animus that prompted Kihra to want to make his own logs. World of Logs not giving the detailed information we needed to see which of the little adds was getting messed up, and Kihra saying "I know the data is in the combat logs, we just need a way to see them individually" and then "Well the data is already there, how hard could it be to get it split up?" to "How hard could it be to just make my own website for this?" and the rest is history. The 8 years he was doing it all by himself shows just how awesome of a guy he is. The dedication, resourcefulness, and thoughtfulness Kihra has had over the years with Warcraft Logs, whether he's raiding or not, has forever shaped the WoW community.Comment by Archimtiroslmfao yeah bro, i'm sure the "inspiration" came from "his time in throne of thunder". not world of logs, the original logging site, and maybe wanting to make a better product.

man. not even a single mention of it. pathetic. really shows how new the community these days are and how little they know about the real past OG sites.realComment by VimokGShockOn the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by LlaroldShout out to Kihra. Absolute G.Comment by PandaabearOn the flip side, damage meters and logs have also put the game in a bad place. Gear score and parsing sometimes really sucks the fun out of it and turns it into a competitive / exclusionary game instead of the cooperative get some friends and kill some bosses game it was intended to be.Comment by Primorisi like seeing orange and pink number next to my name (:Comment by AmalioIn before LFR "Logs made the game worse" commentsComment by burningsuni wish blizzard would use it to balance class ...