RatingBuster Update!

BRK » 23 February 2008 » In Addons »

Big stuff in the latest version of RatingBuster. We’re not an addon-discussion site, but we love RatingBuster so we’re going to break this down, see what’s new, and do a little report.

First, here’s the official RatingBuster change notes:

* NEW: Default gems for empty sockets! Set the gems to use for each socket using /rb sum gem

* In 2.4.0: Spirit-Based Mana Regeneration: This system has been adjusted so that as your intellect rises, you will regenerate more mana per point of spirit.

* Fixed: Will now work with [Insightful Earthstorm Diamond]

* Fixed: Profiles should now work

* Changed: Use “/rb win” to open the options window instead of “/rb optionswin”

Auto fill gems in empty sockets

1. You can set the default gems for each type of empty socket using “/rb sum gem ” or using the options window.

2. To specify the gem of your choice, you will need to give RatingBuster the ItemLink or the ItemID of the gem.

3. ItemLink example: type “/rb sum gem blue ” (last char is a space) and link the gem (from your bags, AH, ItemSync or whatever), then press .

4. What if you can’t link the gem? Well thats what ItemID is for. Find your gem on http://www.wowhead.com/ and look at the URL, for example “http://www.wowhead.com/?item=32193″, 32193 is the ItemID for that gem. Go back in wow, type “/rb sum gem red 32193″ and press .

Note 1: If you have “/rb sum ignore gem” on, the auto fill gems won’t work.

Note 2: Meta gem conditions and SetBonuses work, so if you don’t meet the conditions, StatSummary won’t count them.

Note 3: RatingBuster will only auto fill empty sockets, if the item already has some gems on it, it will remain.

Note 4: Empty sockets filled by RatingBuster will keep the “Empty Socket Icon” so you can still easily tell what color socket it is.

Note 5: Gem text filled by RatingBuster will be shown in gray color to differentiate from real gems.

OK, let’s dig in and play. Open the RatingBuster window with that nice, new “/rb win” command:

Click that “Show ItemID” option. It will allow us to see the WoWHead ID of our gems without having to look them up.

Open an item of yours that is filled with a gem you want to use in a comparison. We’re going to use our gloves that have +8 Agility gems.

RatingBuster knows the ItemID of our Delicate Living Rubies is “24028″. That’s the number we need!

Let’s open RatingBuster again and look at the Stats Summary section. See that? Gems! Type in the number for that red gem we have in our gloves, like so.

When you hit Return, Rating Buster will fill in the gem for us!

Now let’s see RatingBuster gemology in action. We’re going to link a pair of gloves we found in the Auction House and disable the gems-feature in the Ignore Setting sections.

See the Stat Summary for Agility in the Crystalhide Handwraps? It’s showing a total of 11 Agility on the gloves and not counting any gems.

Now let’s re-enable the gemology feature by un-clicking the Ignore Gems option, and take a look at our Crystalhide Handwraps again.

Oh, spiffy! Look at that down there! Rating Buster is using Delicate Living Rubies to “fill in” the empty red sockets in the Crystalhide Handwraps. Now we’re getting a much better picture of the differences when the new gloves are gemmed.

Notice that Agility, Crit Chance, and Ranged Attack Power have all been recalculated as if the gloves were socketed with two Delicate Living Rubies. Just tremendous!

Do you see the limitation, though? If you want to see a comparison if you socketed those gloves with two different red gems - one Agility and one Attack Power, for exaple - you’re outta luck.

But still, this is a great way to enhance your gear-comparison theorycrafting! If you don’t have Rating Buster yet, get it today. It totally has the BRK Growl of Approval.

Addons | February 23, 2008

Comments

6 Responses to “RatingBuster Update!”

Mwahahah & baksteen on February 23rd, 2008 1:54 pm

wewt! <3 ratingbuster
Zahana on February 23rd, 2008 2:15 pm

Maybe I’m missing something but they are showing -28 agi, -.70% crit, and -20 RAP in both, even though the adjusted stats are shown. Since the two gems will still have all of those stats in the red compared to your Gauntlets of Dragonslaying, it’s no big deal. With an item with less of a gap in stats, could this result in a possible false rating for an item that may be superior? Or does the ignore gem feature also ignore the ones in your Gauntlets?
BRK on February 23rd, 2008 3:52 pm

The Ignore Gems feature ignores gems in both items you’re comparing. Since we were using +8 Agility gems in both pieces of armor, regardless if we ignored these gems or not, the difference in Agility would always be the same.

If you leave the Default Gems blank but disable the Ignore Gems, then RatingBuster will compare your gemmed gear against an empty-socket item.
Zahana on February 23rd, 2008 3:54 pm

Ah ok. Makes much more sense now.
Banneker on February 23rd, 2008 9:19 pm

Complete change of subject! Has anyone ever clicked on the comments button under the poll after you’ve voted?! You can see where everyone voted from!?! I was the one in Milwaukee if you anyone is curious.
cgeorgemo on February 23rd, 2008 9:35 pm

Huh I’m from Joplin MO but it says I voted from Halltown MO… Must be where my ISP has it’s base.