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raethkcj / RatingBuster

An item comparison tool for WoW Classic.
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Avoidance summary wrong? #73

Closed voshond closed 2 years ago

voshond commented 2 years ago

I've been playing protection Paladin since P1 now and I noticed that some items the total avoidance is higher then what is actually converted.

I'm using the avoidance macro to calculate as well as a weak-aura to do the same calculation. These all seem to be working just fine.

However when I'm switching items that supposed to have a higher avoidance based on RatingBuster, the results of the avoidance calculators show the item is worse. Maybe there is a different calculation on avoidance for Prot-Paladins?

Example

Here is my avoidance without the eterium bracers, that supposed to have much higher avoidance, right? Without Eternium Shell Bracers

And here with the "upgrade" With Eternium Shell Bracers

Either the avoidance summary is "wrong" or I misunderstood it. In that case I'd like to request that maybe we get a "Total Avoidance % Summary", that would show me the exact avoidance I would get per item, so I can easily see if an item would be an actual upgrade.

Cheers

raethkcj commented 2 years ago

Shield block chance isn't included in Avoidance Summary by default, but there is a checkbox to include it.

Some players refer to shield block as "mitigation" rather than "avoidance" because you're not actually avoiding the attack.

Mitigation = reducing damage (block, armor, improved righteous fury) Avoidance = avoiding damage (dodge, parry, miss)

Honestly this difference of terminology was used more in 2007 than 2022 (many players even call dodge mitigation now), so I wouldn't mind changing the default.

voshond commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the clarification! I also did now find the checkbox, which resolves my issue. Cheers!