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Thoughts on GearScore addon
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Post by
Zalambar
It looks like it might give you a quick view of what level items a play has but still won't tell you if they have made appropriate choices in their gear. Even if it doesn't count attributes inappropriate for a player's current spec(it currently does) it is generating a score based only on the number of stats that player has.
The addon therefore cannot identify poor gear choices; players well above or below their hit cap, those with inappropriate balances of spell power, mana regen , or crit, and tanks who are crittable could all score as well or better than players with better gear choices.
The addon does not use a weight sale for item attributes so you could find several cases where class and spec appropriate stats are over or under valued. For example hunters with
Careful Aim
can place a significantly different value on intellect than those without. It also cannot take the value of set bonuses into account so players will be penalized for holding onto pieces of lower level sets to keep the set bonus even if it yields an net benefit for them.
Overall it seems slightly better than looking at average item level but only marginally.
Post by
Kiwiblue
Right tool for the right job. Gearscore is for evaluating members of a pug not for applicants to a raiding guild. You just need a down and dirty quick evaluation if they got the required gear to do the job. If you want to make sure they have a decent build there are several other addons out there that will give you a players build if they are in inspect range. The goal is to get in and out quickly, not spend more time figuring out if a player is the right gear/spec to do the run than actually run the instance.
Sure there are ways to trick the system to get an invite but then the truth will come out in the run and /kick will hit hard and fast.
I personally like gearscore, my experience in the month I've been using it is that dps will roughly be proportional to a players score. Tanks and healers are always harder to evaluate because one can makeup for a shortcoming in another. A hard tank can make up for a weak healer and a strong healer can make up for a soft tank. Skill is always one of those things you can never judge before hand. With the current state of raiding it's possible for complete morons to be sporting top end raid gear. However for a quick evaluation tool, it can be surprisingly accurate.
Post by
mirrikat45
This is mirrikat45, Author of GearScore.
Thanks for using my mod guys!
Kiwiblue is 100% Correct, this mod was originally made as a way to avoid having to use the Armory while pugging. After Duel specs came out I dropped any hope of determining of a player was using the correct stats or not. I wouldn't recommend using this as a recruitment tool, instead make sure to use standard methods such as Interviews and a full Armory / wowheroes check, and of course make sure they know how to play!
The 3.0 version beta has a new feature where you can actually inspect the equipment a player was using at the time their gearscore was scanned. This functionally acts as an in-game armory type feature. Check it out at
www.GearScoreAddon.com
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