[quote='Taliesin',index.php?page=Thread&postID=2050 59#post205059]Want to make it even more annoying? Run Recount on multiple toons in the same group for all the same fights. The final stats will be a little different for each person recording. You'd think that at least the same program should come up with the same result.

I just use the calculators as a rough estimation of whether I am improving or not over time. I've already accepted that the damage calculators are flawed, but not entirely unhelpful. My tank can have about half the damage of the mage, yet only a third of the DPS. Strange, considering both toons are mapped to the same [/quote]

I'm not sure if any of the damage meters sync anymore (SWStats used to but I haven't used it in ages to say if it still does). And the difference in dps vs damage done always is the one that gets me, but that's where you really see the difference between a meter that does burst dps and one that does average. And then there is the question of when does dps time start? When you enter combat or when anyone in your party enters combat? And as you pointed out as well, do they merge pets (I've seen meters that didn't even merge totems...ouch)?

I am with you on the damage meter thing...great tool for watching your own progression but not much else. But you can still use it to your advantage in a conversation. If someone says "I do 2500 dps" and you only do 2100, you can just say "Well, you're using the wrong method of calculating dps".

For the record, I've recently switched to [url='http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info12499-SkadaDamageMeter.html']Skada[/url] and I'm really liking it. I like how you can get it to display a threat meter in combat and damage out of combat. I believe it uses an average dps calculation.