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How are these recommended upgrades determined?
When a character's item is queried, the Armory first checks all of that character's currently equipped gear and determines an overall average benchmark of item quality that guides all its recommendations for that character. This benchmark is determined by item levels, item rarity, and other factors. In doing so, it does not take into account that character's class or talent specialization. In addition, it takes note of the stats (such as spell damage, attack power, and stamina) that have been improved the most and tends to favor item recommendations that also raise these "favored stats."
What are some tips on how to best use the Find an Upgrade feature?
Here are some tips to get the most out of the feature. Note that any changes made to your character's gear will be reflected in your character profile only after logging out of the game.
Equip the gear that is most relevant to the style of play you wish to obtain upgrades for. For example, if you are interested on seeing gear upgrades that emphasize raiding, then log out with your full raiding gear. If you want upgrades to your PvP set, then have your full PvP set equipped, and so on.
Try out different gear sets. Many classes will tend to carry multiple sets of gear for different purposes, such as soloing, raiding, and PvP. Finding upgrades for all your sets is as easy as changing into them before logging out. Along these lines, if you have gear from multiple sets on at the same time, your results won't be as focused.
Keep in mind what factors are, and which aren't considered by the Armory in making its upgrade calculations. Mainly, these recommended upgrades will take into account the character's statistics and overall gear quality. The Armory only considers one's character class for the purpose of screening armor and weapon types that are unavailable to that class. Talent specialization is not considered at all.
Item levels and item rarity matter. In making its recommendations, the Armory first checks all of that character's currently equipped gear and determines an overall average benchmark of item quality that guides all its recommendations for that character. This benchmark is determined primarily by item levels and item rarity. Equipping even one item that has a high rarity and item level combination can noticeably affect your recommendations.
