July Site Updates Roundup

Here is a summary of small feature updates and tweaks that we made in July (and a few that will be posted shortly, sometime within an hour or two of this post):

Max Use Items Feature

This is a new optimizer feature available on Best in Bags and Best in Slot. It lets you limit how many on-use items the optimizer will pick at the same time. It defaults to 1.

The optimizer is pretty good at adjusting for lost value from two on-use items locking each other out and telling you when it is mathematically superior to use two on-use items. But it is really unpopular to do so – it is a pain to manage, and too easy to time things poorly in a more chaotic fight. And it’s just annoying to have more buttons for things that are ultimately very small performance increases.

So now you can control it! Enjoy!

Updated Rankings

We have updated the rankings for a few Eternal Palace trinkets, and the Logic Loop + Bit Band combos from Mechagon based on in-game testing and log data. You won’t see a huge difference, but a few items might be better/worse than previously after the updates.

Holy Paladin Updates

We significantly tweaked the holy paladin gearing strategy a week or so ago. It now heavily favors the popular Glimmer of Light builds that work really well in-game. It will also favor getting one Light’s Decree, a Retribution trait that actually works for Holy spec – you get the 5 sec extended duration to Avenging Wrath. Just swap specs to pick the trait, swap back to Holy, you’re good to go!

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Good work for the changes on trinkets!

In light of the holy paly changes, any possibility for ever supporting balance talents like high noon in a resto druid m+ build? if you ever get bored :wink:

Thanks for the Holy paladin changes!

Note – it looks like I need to add a case to give Light’s Decree no value for Holy if you have the Avenging Crusader talent (Avenging Crusader replaces Avenging Wrath, and the +5 sec duration doesn’t carry over to Avenging Crusader on that azerite trait). That case slipped under the radar because most people use Sanctified Wrath.

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Does this include the Heart Essence you’ve got selected?

No – almost every major essence is on-use, so we just assume you are resigned to that :wink:

I’ve noticed a couple other possible issues with the on-use limitations:

It looks like the Mechagon trinket is not considered an on-use trinket/effect regardless of punchcards used. I’d guess that’s because the trinket does nothing by itself and thus won’t be considered an on-use item.

The tank trinket from Azshara’s Court (Edicts of the Faithless) on the other hand is recognized as an on-use trinket which I’m not sure I’d agreee with.
Of course, that’s correct mechanically as the item does indeed have an on-use effect but because of its functionality it may be better to just ignore that and recommend it anyway. I’ve been using it myself without swapping around the absorb type (i.e. keeping it on physical absorb) and it has always done a noticable amount of healing (around 7-9% as a blood dk on heroic) - depending on the amount of incoming damage of course.

It should pick up the mechagon trinket as on-use if you socket one of the two on-use red punchcards… I can test it again though. I can add an exception for certain on-use effects like edicts of the faithless.

That’s what I expected and was sure you already implemented - but doesn’t seem to work for myself. :wink:

If you need some data for testing:

Unholy, Single Target, No locked or excluded items

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Current recommendation is Shockbiter’s Fang and the Mechagon Trinket with Cyclotronic Blast, even if completely excluding on-use trinkets - which I only just realized.

I posted an update that should resolve a few issues with the punchcards.