Stat Weighting

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How do weights work?

The weighting system allows you to give a weight value to attributes that matter to you and applies your ratings to items in your search results. Each weight value is multiplied by an item's stat points and then added together to get the item's total score. This score is used to sort the results and display the highest scoring items.

If you decide that spell damage is worth twice as much as spell crit, you could add the weights as 2 and 1, 100 and 50, or any other numbers with the same ratio.

Please note that weights only work for Armor, Weapons, Gems and Consumables.

What is the difference between weights and equivalency?

The equivalency of two attributes describes how much one equals the other. You may find equivalency ratings that say something like 1 agility = 1.5 strength. This is not the same as weight values; in fact, it's the exact opposite! Equivalency describes the ratio of the stats to each other, which can be used to derive the stat weights. In this example, an appropriate set of weights might be agility 3 and strength 2; this works out to agility being 1.5 times as valuable as strength.

Is there a way to save a template that I have created?

There sure is! You can save your stat weighting scales by going to the 'Preset' dropdown menu, selecting 'custom,' and then filling in your own weights. After you've modified them to your liking, you can hit 'Save' to give them a name so they can be used for future searches as well.

Weights also carry over from one item list to another if you use the database menu, so going from a weighted list of weapons to the cloth armor listing will also maintain your current weight scale.

Is it better to match sockets and gain the socket bonus, or use the best gems?

The weighting system answers this for you automatically. It compares the score of matching gems plus the score of the socket bonus, to the score of the best gems it could put in that item. It will automatically put in the gems that result in the highest net rating, taking socket bonuses into account. When the socket colors are matched, the socket bonus text will be listed below the gems for each item.

What are the default weight presets based on?

We've done a great deal of research, tracking down equivalence points for all of the classes. We'd like to thank all of the hard-working theorycrafters at Elitist Jerks, TKA Something, Shadow Panther, The Druid Wiki, Emmerald, Lootrank, Pawn Mod, and Rawr, as well as a host of threads on the World of Warcraft forums. They provided the inspiration for the weighted search and a starting point for our preset values.