Today’s update added new options to automatically update your talents when you import your character. Most of this behavior already existed in some form, but it was a little too hidden and most users were not making use of it.
Talent Auto-Update Options
For both Best in Bags and Best in Slot, you will see three talent auto-update options under the talent picker in the “step 1” column:
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This is how it has worked by default for most users up to this point. When you import your character from the game, we don’t change your talents. You have to manually update them to whatever you want when optimizing.
The only exception to this is if the talents saved with that setup are blank for some reason (this usually happens when Blizzard changes the talent trees, or the very first time you create a setup). In that case, we use the last-seen talents for that spec in-game.
Last seen talents for this spec
This is a new option. Whenever you import your character, we will automatically update the talents on the setup to match the last-seen talents for that spec in-game.
In-game talent loadout
Choose one of your talent loadouts that you created in-game with Blizzard’s talent loadout manager. Whenever you import your character, we will automatically update the talents on the setup to match this talent loadout.
You could already do this before the update, but it was a bit hidden. When you open the talent editor, there is a talent loadout picker. If you picked one of those, it would associate it to the setup in the same was as this option.
The talent loadout picker directly on the talent editor no longer impacts what will happen when you import your character from the game. It is now only a convenience when you are using the talent editor to manually choose talents.
Additional notes
When you change your talent auto-update option, it will immediately apply it. For example, if you pick “last seen talents for this spec”, it will immediately update your talents to match.
Note that in general, no change to your settings is saved until you run an optimization. You can always refresh the browser window without optimizing to revert to your previous settings if necessary.
Let us know what you think! We hope that these options will make it more convenient to keep your talents in sync on your Best in Bags and Best in Slot setups.