GearWizard

The "Gear to Evaluate" page only shows the "best" items for each equipment location in order to limit the toal number of possible combinations that need to be evaluated. Those items with the highest calculated value (which excludes any bonuses/stats with a "cap at" value at this point) are selected, followed by items with lower calculated values, but higher "cap at" bonuses/stats. If you don't see an item in this list, then the items that are in the list for that equipment location will always have a higher calculated value and/or higher "cap at" bonuses/stats.

The only exceptions to this rule are manually added links (i.e. /gw add [item link]), which are always included in the list and considered in the evaluation.

Filtering items in order to limit the number of possible combinations is important, but I don't want to get it wrong and provide sub-optimal solutions. Here's how it is currently done:

(*) The items for each equipment location are considered separately.
(*) The value for each item is calculated based on the bonus/stat weights excluding any bonuses/stats with a “cap at” value.
(*) The items are then sorted by calculated value in descending order (i.e. highest value at the top of the list).
(*) The algorithm always selects the item with the highest calculated value. (Note that if you don’t specify any “cap at” bonuses/stats the selection process is over at this point.)
(*) The algorithm then looks at each item in the list (in order) and selects those with higher “cap at” bonus/stat values. The idea is that you don’t want to include items with lower calculated values unless they have a better “cap at” value, but you do want to include items with better “cap at” values irrespective of their calculated value.
(*) For Finger and Trinket items, the algorithm will select at least 2 items (if they are available).
(*) You’ll just have to look at the code to understand the rules for selecting items that have more that one “cap at” value, but the intention is the same: filter out the items that could not possibly contribute to an optimal solution.

I’d really appreciate feedback if anyone can come up with a better algorithm (or if you find a case where this one doesn’t work).

The v1.01 release incorporates all of the planned enhancements (i.e. pause/resume evaluation, auto-bank scan, and saving bank & linked items between session). It also includes a fix to make the text entry fields behave a bit better.

What I'm working on now:
(1) Option to evaluate gear without considering enchants, and/or gems and gem socket bonuses.
(2) Option to specify weight values for gem sockets - it would use those values rather than the value for the currently socketed gem.
(3) If you do include gems and gem socket bonuses in the evaluation, it will ensure that the requirements for any meta-gems are met before including the bonuses for that meta-gem.
(4) Provide suggestions for enchants and gems based on the current bonus/stat weights.
(5) Set bonuses will be included in the evaluation.

Any other suggestions?

Gem bonuses for an item are based on the currently socketed gems for that item and include the socket bonus if applicable.

I'll add that to the list. No promises, but how about the following:

(1) Option to evaluate gear without considering enchants, and /or gems and gem socket bonuses.
(2) Option to specify weight values for gem sockets - it would use those values rather than the value for the currently socketed gem.
(3) If you do include gems and gem socket bonuses in the evaluation, it should make sure that the requirements for any meta-gems are met before including the bonuses for that meta-gem (which it completely ignore at the moment).

...and if I can find a clean way to present the information...

(4) Suggestions for enchants and gems based on the current bonus/stat weighting.

Any suggestions for the next version?

I'm already working on:
(1) Allowing you to pause/resume an evaluation.
(2) Remembering bank items so you don't have to have the bank window open each time it selects the gear to be evaluated.
(3) Remembering manually added item links so you don't have to re-add them each time it selects the gear to be evaluated.