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10.2.7

Pawn

Version: 2.9.11

by: VgerAN [More]

Find upgrades, do more damage, win.

Pawn helps you find upgrades for your gear and tell which of two items is better for your spec. Start with built-in advice from Ask Mr. Robot, or customize Pawn's stat weights to have it suggest items based on your favorite class guide or simulator. Pawn can help you decide whether it's better to use the cloak with 500 mastery or the one with 450 crit—whether you're just starting out, or you're an advanced player who plans out gear upgrades and regularly simulates and evaluates performance.

Getting started

If you're new to Pawn, don't worry—Pawn will automatically set itself up to give you advice based on math done by the experts at Ask Mr. Robot (or, on Classic, HawsJon). Just watch for Pawn's green arrows. If you decide you want to go further, there are a lot of ways that you can customize Pawn, by tracking multiple specs at once, importing custom stat weights, and more.

Language support

Pawn now works with all languages on both live/retail and Classic. It's possible that you might run into stats that Pawn doesn't recognize from time to time when playing on non-English clients—if you think that Pawn's not calculating something right, put an item into the Compare tab and see if it lists all of the stats there. If something's missing, let me know which item and which language, and I should be able to get it fixed!

Staying in touch

Become a fan of Vger on Facebook and get updates of new versions and stuff like that. You can also leave questions or comments there if you don't have an account on this site. (I typically respond to questions much more quickly on Facebook or Curse.)

Found a bug?

If you think you might have found a bug, just leave a comment here. In addition to a description of the problem, please make sure to include: (1) the language that you use Pawn and WoW in, (2) whether it's live/retail or Classic, (3) the specific items that don't work as expected, and (4) your class and spec if you're using the built-in (not custom) stat weights. Screenshots are usually very helpful as well.

Incompatible with...

Pawn will not work with Titan Panel Artifact Power or Combat Numbers Separator. Those addons change item tooltips and will cause Pawn to give bad advice. It's also been reported that using Pawn with TradeSkillMaster can cause the game to crash or hang.

Version 2.9.11

Cataclysm Classic: More updates to correctly read numbers larger than 999 on items when playing in French.

Version 2.9.10

Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a problem where the default stat weights for expertise were incorrect for all classes and specs.

Version 2.9.9

Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a problem where certain items with mastery and certain haste enchantments had those stats ignored when playing in Russian, European Spanish, and Latin American Spanish.
You can now click an item link in chat and then Alt+LeftClick the popup that appears to get a window that lets you copy all of the text on that item to the clipboard. (This is mostly only useful to me when I need to type Искусность but my keyboard doesn't have those letters.) Previously this feature only worked on Pawn's Compare tab.

Version 2.9.8

Fixed a problem introduced in Pawn 2.9.7 that caused the "Show icons next to tooltips" feature to cause an error. (Actually, Ulidan did. Thanks Ulidan and Kraturnus!)
Cataclysm Classic: Ranged Attack Power no longer appears as a distinct stat you can give a weight to; just use Attack Power for both melee and ranged.
Cataclysm Classic: Updated the default stat weights for retribution paladins.

Version 2.9.7

The War Within: Pawn now works on The War Within beta and WoW 11.0.
Mists of Pandaria Remix: Fixed another case where the socketing advisor could appear and give dubious advice.

Version 2.9.6

Mists of Pandaria Remix: Pawn's socketing advisor is now disabled in this mode, since gems work differently.
Cataclysm Classic: Updated default stat weights for all specs and classes are included, thanks to the WoWSims team. Simulations are still in their early stages, so expect some oddities—let me know if you find something egregiously wrong. Simulating your character with WoWSims (or any other favorite sim) will get you the most accurate results, and you can export custom stat weights to use in Pawn for quick in-game advice.
Cataclysm Classic: You can now set a weight for the non-stat effect of meta gems like you could in Burning Crusade Classic and Wrath Classic.
Cataclysm Classic: The deprecated stats Defense Rating and Block Value will no longer show up in Pawn.
Classic Era and Season of Discovery: Fixed a harmless error message about gem data.

Version 2.9.5

Fixed some problems introduced in Pawn 2.9.4 where Pawn could give you an error when socketing an item.
Cataclysm Classic: Added support for the armor specialization skills such as Mail Specialization.

Version 2.9.4

Cataclysm Classic: Cogwheel sockets on engineering goggles will now be considered in the item's value like any other gem socket.
Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a bug that caused gems with bad secondary stats to be valued more highly than they should have been (it was calculating things as if you could reforge the gem's bad stat into something better). The bug shouldn't have affected the values of existing items unless you were using gems that are bad for your spec.

Version 2.9.3

Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a problem where the "track for each scale (advanced)" option could cause an error.
Cataclysm Classic: Pawn will no longer display a warning when logging in if you play in French.

Version 2.9.2

Cataclysm Classic: When visiting an Arcane Reforger, Pawn will now display advice on how to reforge the item to maximize its power. (You can turn this off with the "show reforge advisor" option.)
Cataclysm Classic: Pawn's Compare tab will now show you how much an item's score can be improved by reforging it (assuming you make the change that Pawn suggests).
Cataclysm Classic: Pawn will now take reforging into account when determining an item's score and whether or not it's an upgrade.

Version 2.9.1

Cataclysm Classic: Pawn will now recommend the proper gems based on the new colors and stats of existing gems.
Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a bug that caused a few stat weights to get reset to 0 when editing in the Weights tab and then reloading.
Cataclysm Classic: Added support for all of the new Cataclysm gems, which Pawn will start recommending as you get Cataclysm gear.
Fixed a bug that caused gems to always appear as upgrades.

Version 2.9.0

Cataclysm Classic: Added basic support for Cataclysm Classic. The following important work is not yet done:
Updated stat weights (if you know of a good source, please let me know!)
Reforging support
I'm not playing Classic, so I'll need your help pointing out remaining things that are broken!

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01-18-09, 11:49 PM
JaceDaAce A Black Drake Forum posts: 82 File comments: 59 Uploads: 0	I was wondering can this addon tell you about caps I have a warrior tank and want to know how a new item will effect my caps and/or how much closer it will bring me to the cap. i.e. the defense cap for warriors is 540 well I was hoping I can find something that could give me a reading something like this: Defense Before 434/540 After 470/540 or something similar so I know if I equip that item it will increase my defense bringing me closer to the cap or could be the other way and take me farther away or even make my defense well over the cap. This could also be done for other classes like hunters and there hit cap etc..... If this can't or you don't want it to is there a addon you can direct me to?

01-11-09, 01:02 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Indeed I do! The final version of 1.1.6 (which is basically identical to the beta from Curse) should show up here momentarily as soon as it's approved.

01-10-09, 08:21 PM
Kragus A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	I use wowMatrix to update my addons for me and it's looking here for the current version. Do you plan on updating the version here with the beta that you have posted on Curse? Thanks.

01-08-09, 07:04 PM

VgerAN

A Cyclonian

Forum posts: 40

File comments: 253

Uploads: 6

Re: feature request.

Hi! I do plan on adding something, probably in the next major Pawn update, to give you quick at-a-glance info on whether or not a new item would be an upgrade. I'll probably do it based on the best item (for each scale) that you've ever equipped in that slot, rather than simply the one currently equipped. But, I'm not completely sure yet.

The number in parentheses is indeed the unenchanted value for the same item. You can turn those off (or the enchanted values, if you only want the unenchanted values) from the Options tab. In the upper-right corner, look for "Calculate unenchanted values" and "Calculate enchanted values."

Originally posted by DeFood
One feature that would rock, would be for Pawn to display, on a an item tooltip - the delta between the weighting of the item and the currently equipped item in the same slot.

Also, what is the number in brackets? It seems to be the unenchanted calculation for the same item, but there doesnt seem to be a way to inhibit or control whether the enchanted, unenchanted or both weightings are calculated and displayed.

01-08-09, 12:35 PM
DeFood A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 36 Uploads: 1	feature request. One feature that would rock, would be for Pawn to display, on a an item tooltip - the delta between the weighting of the item and the currently equipped item in the same slot. Also, what is the number in brackets? It seems to be the unenchanted calculation for the same item, but there doesnt seem to be a way to inhibit or control whether the enchanted, unenchanted or both weightings are calculated and displayed.

12-23-08, 03:02 PM

VgerAN

A Cyclonian

Forum posts: 40

File comments: 253

Uploads: 6

Originally posted by sevenflow
Could be nice if you changed the outdated "Armor Penetration" pawn value to actually work with the new "Armor Penetration Rating".

I'm not aware of any bugs regarding armor penetration rating. It doesn't show up with the word "rating" in the UI, I guess, but that's what it's tracking. Is there an item that you know of that Pawn doesn't understand properly?

Originally posted by Jaim Sandar
I have only very briefly played with Pawn, but I noticed that an item with a +10 haste rating enchantment showed no points for haste in the comparison, although I had assigned scale points to haste rating. An item with a "normal" haste rating bonus does show points added in the comparison.

The Compare tab always compares items without their gems and enchantments.

Originally posted by Jaim Sandar
Also, I am confused as to the range of points for scales. Is there a standard range to be used, or is it whatever you want the numbers to be? I can't find any reference to this question in any of the documentation.
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You can make the numbers to be whatever you want. To make things easier to understand, it's greatly helpful if you set a baseline and then work from there. For me, I use a baseline of 1 normal stat or combat rating = 1 point on my scale. That's the way that the default starter scale is set up too. A lot of melee DPS scales will use a baseline of 1 attack power = 1 point, because that's a really common way of valuing melee DPS items already.

Knowing the math that's involved can be helpful in deciding which stats are most important to you, but if you already know which stats you want from items, you can probably use Pawn successfully without getting too heavy into the math. Just increase the values of those stats. If you don't want to get into the hardcore math and just want to know which items are better, you should consider using someone else's scales, which you can import directly into your copy of Pawn. You can find other scales (and stat values that you can enter manually) on the Elitist Jerks forums, or someone else has also created a forum for exchanging and discussing Pawn scales here:

http://pawnmod.trenchrats.com/

12-22-08, 09:04 PM
Jaim Sandar A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 13 File comments: 357 Uploads: 1	missing points I have only very briefly played with Pawn, but I noticed that an item with a +10 haste rating enchantment showed no points for haste in the comparison, although I had assigned scale points to haste rating. An item with a "normal" haste rating bonus does show points added in the comparison. Also, I am confused as to the range of points for scales. Is there a standard range to be used, or is it whatever you want the numbers to be? I can't find any reference to this question in any of the documentation. I don't really understand all of the formulae and relations among the different stats and bonuses. Is it necessary to know more about such things to make good use of something like Pawn? Last edited by Jaim Sandar : 12-23-08 at 11:02 AM.

12-22-08, 01:30 PM
sevenflow A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	Could be nice if you changed the outdated "Armor Penetration" pawn value to actually work with the new "Armor Penetration Rating".

12-21-08, 02:49 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	I suppose that's a possibility for a future version. Back when Pawn didn't have a UI and was all slash commands I think I even had a feature where you could type a number and get an item window for that item; maybe I should have kept that. You can always use a mod like AtlasLoot to browse through loot tables (it has a search feature, too), or use Wowhead or WoWDB to generate links that you can paste into chat. In addition, in case you didn't know: 1) You can right-click an item tooltip to put that item into the Compare window. 2) You can press the "]" key while hovering over an item to put it into the Compare window (or "[" to put it on the left side). If these keybindings don't work, it's possible that something else was using those keys and Pawn couldn't set them automatically; you can set them manually in the normal Key Bindings window.

12-21-08, 09:11 AM
nickyjean Premium Member Forum posts: 284 File comments: 114 Uploads: 0	Hi, I just started using this addon and I'm still understanding some of it greatness. I was wondering if you might add an option where I can type in the item number of an item in the compare feature rather then just dragging it from my bag and what not. I've found that I just cache alot of equipment from my inspect option and when I'm looking to upgrade I go through it then. This way I can actually compare two different Shaman I have cached and see which item I really want to go after.

12-21-08, 03:47 AM
Tifi A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 6 File comments: 94 Uploads: 4	Good points. You're right, user-defined functions would probably not be worth the time to implement. As for the trinkets: Sure, some effects are really complex and would be hard to convert. But then again, I don't think you should be concerned about users equipping on-kill trinkets in a boss fight, just because Pawn tells them to. Actually because they made Pawn tell them to! I mean the same goes for evaluating +hit if you're around the cap. Once you've reached the cap, more +hit is useless, whether Pawn knows that or not. On second thought, providing a unit to convert to just adds flexibility. Easy mode: Just assign a number. http://www.wowhead.com/?item=37264 "Your harmful spells have a chance to strike your enemy, dealing 1168 to 1752 shadow damage." That's an example where I wouldn't want to provide a unit. If I convert it to DPS, that means I'd need to assign a value to DPS. But I don't want to do that as a caster, because it would change the value of my main hand weapon. So that's an example where I would like the unit to be optional.

12-20-08, 03:57 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Thanks for the suggestions. I fear that allowing people to supply a function is something that only a very few super-super-hardcore math lovers would take advantage of, and it would take away too much time that I could be using to add features that the general public would get more use out of. It seems that a majority of people who use Pawn don't even want the complexity of defining their own numeric stat values. I use some functions and spreadsheets to calculate my stat values as well, but I feel that it works well enough to just periodically update my scales as my gear improves or focus changes, and that hasn't been too burdensome so far. I'm not too concerned if my value of spell power is 1.488 when it really should have been 1.502 given the new gem I put in my pants yesterday. Allowing people to define values for things on tooltips that Pawn doesn't understand is something I'd like to look into more in the future. I'll most likely do it roughly the way you propose, where the user can define equivalent stat values for something, but I'm not sure that would even be enough. For example, Arcane Revitalizer restores 200 mana per kill, with a 10-second cooldown. In battlegrounds or soloing, this is kind of like having 25-50 mp5, but in a boss fight, that ability is not terribly useful. If you want to model that in Pawn, you'd then need to define what that ability means in terms of other stats for each of your scales, which is way more work than most people are going to go to. Trinkets are just complicated like that. I want to make sure that if and when I do add features to cover trinkets better, I'm making decisions that are flexible enough to accommodate peoples' needs, but not so complex that nobody wants to use the feature. So... I'm still mulling things over.

12-20-08, 11:38 AM
Tifi A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 6 File comments: 94 Uploads: 4	The only available rating formula is linear in the stats. When rating gear for DDs, I'd argue that DPS is non-linear for every single class in the game. For a caster it might look like this DPS = c0(c1+[spell power])(1+c2[crit %])/(1+c3[haste %])(1+c4[hit %]) One feature I would like to see is an optional user-supplied evaluation function per rating profile. Pawn could provide a text input field, loadstring() it, and use that function when comparing two items. The function would take the gear stats as input, and output a number. When comparing two items A and B, Pawn would build outfits using both items, compute the total stats for both outfits, then display the difference rating(stats_A)-rating(stats_B). Another suggestion: Let's say Pawn stumbles upon something in the tooltip it can't handle, like an on-use effect. I'd like to be able to convert this into something Pawn knows. For example I'd like to make Pawn treat "Use: Increases spell power by 346 for 20 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)" as if it were 346*20/120 = 57 spell power. No fancy stuff required like parsing the string. I just want to specify a number and a unit (spell power in this case) if the string is an exact match. (And have it saved in a SavedVar.)

12-20-08, 04:17 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Pawn 1.1.5, just posted, lets feral druids and deathknights value base armor and bonus armor separately if they so desire. I haven't done anything interesting with feral attack power in this version; if you want to use your scales on the 3.0.8 PTR you'll need to increase the value of your DPS stat, because feral attack power as an item stat doesn't exist anymore in 3.0.8.

12-02-08, 02:47 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	<3

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