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Pawn

Version: 2.8.11

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 2.8.11

Classic Season of Discovery: Added support for those new hit and crit stats, again. Because Blizzard broke them in a patch.

Version 2.8.10

Classic Season of Discovery: Added support for the new Gnomeregan items with hit or crit to all attacks. Items with the new hit stat will receive points for your Hit and Hit (Spell) stats, and items with the new crit stat will receive points for your Crit and Crit (Spell) stats.

Version 2.8.9

Dragonflight: Updated stat weights for all classes and specs.
Dragonflight: Updated Pawn's scale color button to work with the new patch 10.2.5 color picker.

Version 2.8.8

Dragonflight: Removed the "Only show upgrades for my best armor type after level 27" option. After level 27, Pawn will now always stop showing items that are not the right type of armor for your class.
Classic: Fixed a bug where Pawn would suggest armor your character can't wear as upgrades.
Classic: Fixed a bug where Pawn would sometimes suggest socketing Glinting Flame Spessarite when it meant to suggest Sovereign Shadow Draenite. This bug potentially affected any time Glinting Flame Spessarite was suggested (such as in the socketing advisor popup), but didn't affect any other calculations or upgrade suggestions.

Version 2.8.7

Classic: Added support for the Classic trade skill and crafting window: hovering over the item icon in that window should now work the same as if the item were already in your bags.

Version 2.8.6

Dragonflight: More new stat weight updates, updated for patch 10.2.0.

Version 2.8.5

Dragonflight: New stat weights have been included for all classes and specs, including all evoker specs, based on the latest Ask Mr. Robot raid simulation data.

Version 2.8.4

To keep things responsive, especially on the slower Classic versions of the game, Pawn has a new system that caps how much processing power it will allow bag addons to use when calculating which items get green upgrade arrows. Roughly speaking, if the game runs at 60 FPS for you, Pawn will block bag addons from reducing that by more than 2 FPS. (This change doesn't affect you if you aren't using a custom bag addon.)

Version 2.8.3

Wrath Classic: The new gems for Content Phase 3 (Cardinal Ruby, etc.) will now show up in recommendations, and will be taken into account when determining the value of sockets on high-level gear.

Version 2.8.2

Dragonflight: Dragonflight 10.1.0 has a game bug that was causing Pawn to show the wrong information on "currently equipped" tooltips. That bug is fixed in Dragonflight 10.1.5. Pawn will stop annotating "currently equipped" tooltips until 10.1.5 launches.
Dragonflight: Added support for the 10.1.5 PTR.
Dragonflight: Added support for Augmentation Evokers. If you're using Pawn in Automatic mode (the default), you don't need to do anything extra. If you're using Pawn in Manual mode, you'll need to import your own Augmentation scale or use (shift-click) the one that comes with Pawn. (Stat weights for Augmentation aren't available yet so it's a placeholder in this version of Pawn.)

Version 2.8.1

Dragonflight: Fixed a problem that could occur when showing Pawn's version number on 10.1.0.

Version 2.8.0

Updated for Dragonflight: Embers of Neltharion (10.1.0).

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03-28-17, 02:17 AM

Pseudopath

A Murloc Raider

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Re: Re: Re: Mini feature suggestion - use current values while leveling

Originally Posted by elaundar

Awesome, glad to be of help if I can

I tweaked the change a bit -- for some reason the re-scan doesn't seem to always happen automatically.

I added this change (although "hack" is more accurate) to force re-scan periodically; certain it could be done better.

How would one add this I always have trouble with 'diffs'?

thanks.

03-14-17, 07:04 PM

elaundar

A Kobold Labourer

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Re: Re: Mini feature suggestion - use current values while leveling

Originally Posted by VgerAN

Hi! Thanks for the suggestion and the comments. I'll definitely take it under advisement!

Awesome, glad to be of help if I can

Code:

git diff -w ../Pawn/
diff --git a/Pawn/Pawn.lua b/Pawn/Pawn.lua
index f7e8152..fc924c5 100644
--- a/Pawn/Pawn.lua
+++ b/Pawn/Pawn.lua
@@ -1325,6 +1325,7 @@ function PawnGetAllItemValues(Item, ItemLevel, SocketBonus, UnenchantedItem, Une
        return ItemValues
 end
 
+local last_time = GetTime()
 -- Adds an array of item values to a tooltip, handling formatting options.
 -- Parameters: Tooltip, ItemValues, UpgradeInfo, BestItemFor, SecondBestItemFor, InvType, OnlyFirstValue
 --     Tooltip: The tooltip to annotate.  (Not a name.)
@@ -1342,6 +1343,13 @@ function PawnAddValuesToTooltip(Tooltip, ItemValues, UpgradeInfo, BestItemFor, S
        end
        if not ItemValues then return end
 
+       --Re-scan every 5 seconds to ensure new gear is added correctly.
+       local current_time = GetTime()
+       if current_time > last_time+5 then
+           last_time = current_time
+           PawnUIFrame_ResetUpgradesButton_OnClick()
+       end
+
        -- Loop through all of the item value subtables.
        local _, _, ClassID = UnitClass("player")
        local Entry, _

03-11-17, 06:10 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Re: Mini feature suggestion - use current values while leveling Hi! Thanks for the suggestion and the comments. I'll definitely take it under advisement!

03-07-17, 07:49 PM

elaundar

A Kobold Labourer

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Mini feature suggestion - use current values while leveling

Much appreciated for your hard work VgerAN. I wanted to make a couple small changes in the addon and ended up digging into your code for several hours. Pawn is much more complicated than most people think and I now have a deep respect for all you have done for the community.

Anyway, I made a small change to show current values (instead of base values) for items while leveling. Hoping you will want to incorporate something like this i your code.

Code:

diff --git a/Pawn/Pawn.lua b/Pawn/Pawn.lua
index 00fe901..f7e8152 100644
--- a/Pawn/Pawn.lua
+++ b/Pawn/Pawn.lua
@@ -419,6 +419,11 @@ function PawnInitialize()
                PawnRecalculateScaleTotal(ScaleName)
        end
        
+       -- Reset/Rebuilds the best items, and tool tip during init phase
+       PawnClearCache()
+       PawnInvalidateBestItems()
+       PawnResetTooltips()
+
 end
 
 function PawnOnLogout()
@@ -2304,6 +2309,9 @@ end
 --             WasUpgraded - True if the item was upgraded while being "unenchanted."  (Always false if "ignore valor and baleful upgrades" is off.)
 -- (But if EvenIfNotEnchanted is true, the item link will be processed even if the item wasn't enchanted.)
 function PawnUnenchantItemLink(ItemLink, EvenIfNotEnchanted)
+    if UnitLevel("player") ~=  GetMaxPlayerLevel() then
+        return ItemLink
+    end
        local TrimmedItemLink = PawnStripLeftOfItemLink(ItemLink)
        local Pos, _, ItemID, EnchantID, GemID1, GemID2, GemID3, GemID4, SuffixID, MoreInfo, ViewAtLevel, SpecializationID, UpgradeLevel1, Difficulty, NumBonusIDs, BonusID1, BonusID2, BonusID3, BonusID4, BonusID5, BonusID6, BonusID7, BonusID8 = strfind(TrimmedItemLink, "^item:(%-?%d+):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%-?%d*):?(%-?%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*):?(%d*)")
        -- Note: After the specified number of bonus IDs would be UpgradeLevel2, which could be the level at which the item was acquired for timewarped items, or

The idea behind this chage is that PawnUnenchantItemLink returns the current item when called while you are leveling. (Thus comparing the current item - which is often better than the initial items once an expansion comes out thanks to raiding enhancements). Coupled with track each scale enabled, this met my needs perfectly.

Also, it includes some logic to force the cache/items/tooltip rebuild on init -- I found that without this the track-each-scale feature didn't show up on tool tips until after the first item change.

07-27-16, 09:29 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Thanks for the feedback; detailed comments like yours are really helpful. My intent is indeed to remove that option+feature again when Legion launches. Think of the feature like this: Checked (default): Compare your items as they are, and assume that you'll fully upgrade few or none of your items Unchecked: Compare your items assuming that you will fully max out everything you get When the option is turned off, that's designed as the more "hardcore" experience—the comparisons aren't valid if you're not going to farm up the Apexis shards and Valor to max out every item that you find. Do you feel that describes your playstyle? Upgraded and baleful items will still get compared as they are, in a normal and predictable way, with the option checked—the thing you'd lose out without the option to turn it off is that assumption that you'll fully max out every item. And I think that's only really valuable if you're stuck at level 100 and doing the Draenor raids repeatedly, which doesn't sound like you. I did remove green, orange, and purple gems from the Gems tab for a few reasons: (1) a gem of those colors can only, at best, tie a red, green, or blue gem; (2) in Pawn 2.0 I did a lot of work to simplify Pawn for everyone at every level, and especially right now when secondary stats are weighted equally, having two-color gems in the UI made things overwhelming now that all sockets are prismatic, and (3) it's extremely time-consuming maintaining a large database of gems each expansion, and removing those saved me a ton of time. For the record, I do enjoy leveling as well, and I only have one character (Vger, naturally) who I do anything with at max level. I definitely do intend Pawn to be useful at lower levels as well as the latest content.

07-26-16, 08:22 PM

Barleduq

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From the changelog:

Originally Posted by VgerAN

By popular demand, the Ignore Valor and Baleful Upgrades option has returned. It's on by default, but you can turn it off to better compare new gear.
I'll wait to remove this option until Legion actually launches.

Will Valor and Baleful upgrades go away when Legion launches?

I don't mean to sound rude, or angry, truly. I've mentioned before that I use your addon and find it valuable for *all* my toons, most of which are not at max level. You seem to be removing comparison options that are still valuable at lower levels, from color gem options (unless I misunderstood that) to this latest.

If your intention for this addon is to focus mostly/solely on max level content, please indicate that somehow. In which case I'd look for some other addon to help with choosing gear on my lower level toons. If your intention is for this to be more broadly useful across the spectrum of leveling up, please consider keeping these options available. I imagine that I'm not the only person who does *not* consider 'leveling' to be a race to the top, with every item under max level to be useless and completely disposable and unworthy of maxing out for any reason.
I actually find max content to be irritating, so far. Tho I admit, this is the first time I've *had* toons at max level.

Regardless, thank you for your work with the addon. I have found it incredibly useful so far.
-Barleduq

Last edited by Barleduq : 07-26-16 at 08:25 PM.

07-25-16, 11:29 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Hi! Sorry, it looks like you posted this comment on the wrong addon...? Pawn doesn't do anything relating to that.

07-24-16, 07:05 PM
stargatingit Premium Member Forum posts: 4 File comments: 19 Uploads: 0	Is there going to be any way to automatically equip the cooking hat using an outfit now that it's been made a toy? Or any of the other "new" toy items? Thank you.

05-15-16, 12:27 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Sure; I'll keep it around if it looks like it'll still be useful for low-level casters. I turned it off by default because it confuses a lot of people, but removing it entirely probably won't save much further time or complexity right now.

05-13-16, 09:18 PM

Barleduq

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Originally Posted by VgerAN

Removing the option to have Pawn track both DW and 2H weapon upgrades. My understanding is that in Legion, there won't be any specs that are designed to work with both options except casters, and that's only through level 100. I believe we're getting our artifact weapons right at the beginning of Legion—there won't be any further weapon drops or quest rewards once you leave Draenor.

I don't know if it's possible, but keeping some of these options around would be welcome, since I have alts I'm leveling, and I use this to decide on rewards and such.

Not everyone runs exclusively end-game content. :/

04-28-16, 05:08 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Removing the option to have Pawn track both DW and 2H weapon upgrades. My understanding is that in Legion, there won't be any specs that are designed to work with both options except casters, and that's only through level 100. I believe we're getting our artifact weapons right at the beginning of Legion—there won't be any further weapon drops or quest rewards once you leave Draenor.

04-27-16, 09:51 AM

Barleduq

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Originally Posted by VgerAN

You're probably not doing anything wrong. You can put the new 2H weapon into the Compare tab of Pawn's UI to see what Pawn thinks it's an upgrade of. My guess is that it doesn't know about any past 2H weapons you've held—clicking that reset button isn't the only thing that requires Pawn to recalculate things... updates to Pawn, vendoring an item that used to be one of your best, changing scale values, and a variety of other things can cause Pawn to lose information about past items.

Making sure that your best two-handed weapon is in an equipment set can help. Beyond that, there probably isn't much I can suggest. I will probably be removing that option in the next major version of Pawn since it won't be relevant anymore when Legion hits (since everyone will be using their artifacts).

Sorry!

Hmm. Removing which option? And I haven't been following the buzz about Legion that hard, but will people have artifacts from the very beginning? I had thought (perhaps wrongly) that it was something we had to work up to.

04-25-16, 12:28 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	You're probably not doing anything wrong. You can put the new 2H weapon into the Compare tab of Pawn's UI to see what Pawn thinks it's an upgrade of. My guess is that it doesn't know about any past 2H weapons you've held—clicking that reset button isn't the only thing that requires Pawn to recalculate things... updates to Pawn, vendoring an item that used to be one of your best, changing scale values, and a variety of other things can cause Pawn to lose information about past items. Making sure that your best two-handed weapon is in an equipment set can help. Beyond that, there probably isn't much I can suggest. I will probably be removing that option in the next major version of Pawn since it won't be relevant anymore when Legion hits (since everyone will be using their artifacts). Sorry!

04-23-16, 03:27 AM
Barleduq Premium Member Forum posts: 135 File comments: 742 Uploads: 0	Weird recommendations? I got a low-level item in the salvage yard, and noticed that it claimed to be an upgrade. Now, it's a 2 handed weapon, and I'm currently wielding 2 one handers, but I've wielded better 2 handers since the last time I tried to reset the values. Here are two screenshots, one showing the upgrade (and what I'm currently using) and one showing my settings. What am I doing wrong? http://imgur.com/ZIRqK5E http://imgur.com/QWBMWlT

03-13-16, 10:19 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	No problem; glad that helped. You can always reach me here if you have questions; for the fastest response you can also reach me on Facebook, and then I'll get a notification.

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