Everyone knows the frustration of sorting through upgrades, it’s confusing and as you level increasingly complicated with the many stats you can find. Special abilities on items, or talents that can change how your stats work make it nearly impossible to keep track of what, really truly, is better. It is not a hopeless task, however daunting, and has been truly simplified by the efforts of Astrylian & friends. They have created a marvellous theorycrafting tool dubbed RAWR. And with a few simple clicks you can see for yourself precisely how differing gear drops compare. Druids of any role are supported, as well as many other classes. If you’re curious about the support of other classes the list is here. It’s a stand-alone program that automatically loads your character information out of armory, and has a list of upgrades along with corresponding DPS/Healing/Mitigation values to compare. One of the most useful tools for its ease of use, but also powerful in its ability to model nearly every factor, such as buffs, gems, talents, and Boss difficulty.

This comes as one of the most recommended tools to have, not only for druids, but for every class. The only caveat is that some models are still in development, and not every class is included just yet. But it’s constantly updated, and still looking for developers interested in contributing new models. If you are such, consider this worthwhile cause. If not, consider donating to help keep the project up and running.

~ by lily on February 4, 2009.

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