Change Log:
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Version 2.3.22
WoW Classic: Fixed a lot of additional problems with the European Spanish version of WoW Classic. (Latin American Spanish and Battle for Azeroth weren't affected.)
Version 2.3.21
WoW Classic: Fixed a problem where Pawn couldn't read damage on weapons in the European Spanish version of WoW Classic. (Latin American Spanish and Battle for Azeroth weren't affected.)
WoW Classic: Fixed a problem where Pawn couldn't read damage on wands in the Portuguese version of WoW Classic.
WoW Classic: Improved the Simplified Chinese translation.
Version 2.3.20
WoW Classic: Fixed an issue where the new Classic stat weights included with Pawn valued stats like crit chance as if they were the Burning Crusade-style ratings, not percentages, so all of the percentage-based stats were severely undervalued. (This has no effect on you if you're using your own stat weights, or if you're playing Battle for Azeroth.)
Version 2.3.19
I worked around a bug in BankItems and other addons that use the old auction house that was causing Pawn to fail catastrophically.
Pawn will now work with even more complicated corrupted items than before ("didn't expect to find 11 bonus IDs").
Version 2.3.18
WoW Classic: Pawn now includes a full set of starter scales for each class and spec courtesy of HawsJon. These stat weights were originally designed for use on The Burning Crusade, not Classic, but they're the best resource for Classic stat weights that I've found so far.
Druids have two scales for feral: DPS (cat) and tank (bear), since your preferred role will dictate which stats are most valuable.
Rogue off-hand weapons use different weights than other rogue gear, so there's a fourth scale for rogues that you should only use when comparing items for your off-hand slot.
Removed an error message that appeared when playing in Spain.
Version 2.3.17
Pawn can now handle more complicated items than before. This fixes a problem where you could get an error like "didn't expect to find 9 bonus IDs" after looting a very complicated item.
Version 2.3.16
Updated German translation.
Version 2.3.15
WoW 8.3 PTR: Added support for the Corruption stat. If you assign it a value, you probably want to assign it a negative value.
WoW 8.3 PTR: Fixed a problem where high-level weapons would cause errors when playing in French.
Version 2.3.14
WoW Classic: Scale tags can now specify a class like on retail. When you import a scale that specifies a class, Pawn will now automatically mark all of the weapon and armor types that class can't equip as unusable just like it does on retail. (Specs included in scale tags for Classic will be ignored.)
WoW Classic: For Korean players, wand damage should now be interpreted correctly and no longer produce an error message.
WoW Classic: Fixed a problem where the retail-only option to only use your class's preferred armor type after level 50 was still showing up on leather, mail, and plate armor.
Improved the "Items with this are unusable" text on the Weights tab in English.
Made a small tweak to the Pawn UI's tabs to help people who use custom fonts.
Version 2.3.13
Updated the Pawn logo.
Pawn dialogs that ask for scale names, and the delete scale confirmation dialog, have been returned to the more compact appearance that they had in version 2.3.10 and earlier.
WoW 8.3 PTR: Fixed a problem where Pawn would no longer load on the PTR.
WoW Classic: Ranged weapons are now properly supported.
Added a special surprise.
Version 2.3.12
When exporting Pawn scale tags, unusable stats will now appear simply as "Stat=X" instead of "Stat=-1000000".
WoW Classic: A basic starter scale for each class is now available.
The starter scales include default values for all stats relevant to the class, loosely based on the game's item level formula. (They're v...
Description:
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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 critwhether 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 worryPawn 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 clientsif 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 specifi...