Sometime today we will release a small feature improvement to some of the Upgrade Finder and Best in Slot options:
Max Upgrade Threshold
Previously we had an option for both Best in Slot and most of the Upgrade Finder searches to set a “Max Upgrade Level”.
For example with Best in Slot, if you set it to item level 610, we would upgrade all items to item level 610, or the highest allowed item level for that item that is at 610 or lower (e.g. a Veteran item can only be upgraded to 606, so we would upgrade any Veteran track item to 606 if you set this option any value 606 or higher).
We have replaced this with a new option, “Max Upgrade Threshold”. With this new option, you pick the highest level of currency that you wish to use to do upgrades: Valorstones, Weathered Crests, Carved Crests, etc. (If you set it to Gilded Crests, then all upgrades are possible.)
This setting will take into account any discounts that your character may have (both personal and account-wide discounts), the most notable being the removal of crest costs for items in a slot up to a given item level once you upgrade any item in that slot to that item level.
For example, my lower-level character received a 616 chest item, but most of my other gear is down at 580 or so. If I set this threshold to Valorstones (only consider upgrades that cost only Valorstones and not crests), I can only upgrade most items to 580, but I can upgrade any chest item to 616 without requiring crests.
We think that this is more in line with how most people approach upgrades. Let us know how you feel about this new setting!
Mythic+ Level
In several places on the UI there is a Mythic+ Level filter, for example the Best in Slot options. Previously this was a list of all unique difficulties: Mythic 2-10, and then also the related Vault rewards for each difficulty, for a total of 18 options.
While simple… that ends up being a bit awkward because item levels overlap quite a bit. There are actually only 9 unique item levels at which you can obtain Mythic+ gear. We have changed this option to reflect that, and the picker will indicate which Mythic+ difficulties drop that particular item level.
Item Level Variants
This is a less-used feature that we have had for a long time: when looking at a per-slot item list, for example clicking on a slot in a Best in Slot solution, or when using the “Add to my bag” Upgrade Finder search, there is a down-carat to the left of the rank number on most items in the list. When clicked, it shows some fields to let you choose any known variant of that item.
Due to a technical limitation, the list of item level variants often had more than was technically possible for a lot of items. For example, most raid loot drops at four base levels, one for each raid difficulty. Each of these base drops is on a different upgrade track (Veteran, Champion, Hero, Myth). This UI would show all possible item levels from Veteran to Myth for all four raid difficulty versions in the list.
We have updated this to more correctly limit e.g. the Heroic raid drop to only show Hero track item level variants, the Normal raid drop to only show Champion track variants, and so on.