MaxDPS Recommends:
Legit Gold Making Guide!

Beast Master Hunter - This has been live in Beta form for a little over 2 weeks now. The rankings seem solid and reception has been great on such a complicated class thanks to some amazing feedback from the forums and through e-mail. Either way, I would appreciate your feedback to keep improving the rankings and hopefully get them out of beta very quickly!

Moonkin Druid (Balance) - I know I never made an announcement on this being created, but I worked on this over the last month or so when I wanted a break from BM Hunters. So, as of a coupe hours ago, this is up in Beta form! PLEASE check it out and leave feedback on the Druid Forums!

Gold Guide - Side note here, but you may of noticed that I've switched to recommending a new gold guide. While, the sale of these guides does help a bit toward my hosting costs, I read them thoroughly and don't make these recommendations lightly! So, I was sent Warcraft Millionaire recently and it's definitely the best I've seen and it also comes with free updates for Wrath of the Lich King when that's released! So if you're planning on getting one and also want to help out maxdps, I recommend checking it out!

- Nuuga

An update on what I've been working on lately:

Beast Master Hunter! - I have recieved a lot of e-mails about Hunter rankings since I mentioned adding this class a long time ago. Well, I have been hard at work on the rankings, and you should see them up within a week if all goes well. The class has a number of unique properties which take time to figure out and implement.

Season 4 - All season 4 arena sets, honor sets and weapons have been added.

Armory Import / Equipment Selection - Work on this is coming along quite well. While coding this, I quickly discovered I was missing some features on maxdps that would make it impossible to finish until these were complete. Features like...

Librams, Totems and Unique "Proc/"On Use" Items - I have modeled all relevant Librams for both Holy and Retribution paladins. Also, Enhancement and Elemental totems have been modeled. I have also modeled a number of items that were previously not included like the Ashtongue trinkets and the [The Lightning Capacitor]. If you notice any others that seem missing please let me know.

Forum - I am going to try and be more active on the forum going forward, however, I couldn't stand the look of the forum, so I've updated it to fit more into the theme of the site. So if you haven't signed up, I suggest you go and do so now!

- Nuuga

I'm currently working on another server transfer. Since the patch my old server simply can't keep up with the CPU usage that MaxDPS.com is using. Hopefully the switch to a new dedicated server will happen later this week or early next week. You should see a nice boost in speed if you have been noticing any slowdowns lately.

What this means is that I can finally incorporate a few of the ideas I’ve been meaning to implement. For one, the Armory seems to be behaving much better lately. This will finally allow for the addition of an armory import feature. This will also allow me record which items you are currently using, which in turn will allow me to properly deduct the current stats of the item you are looking to upgrade before adding the stats of the possible upgrade and calculating DPS. It will also allow for dynamic changes so you can experiment with different equipment combinations. Exciting stuff!

I will have to add a bit more advertising somehow to cover the cost of the powerful dedicated server I’ve purchased, as always I will try and make these ads as unobtrusive as possible. You won’t have annoying emoticons yelling at you I promise!

If you want to get ahold of me or ask any questions the best way is to e-mail me at the address below. I will do my best to get back to you.

- Nuuga

Combat Rogue

After a ton of work, the Combat Rogue Rankings are complete. The rankings are based on a X combo point Slice and Dice and 5 combo point finisher (either Evis or Rupture depending on your selection) where X varies between 1 and 5.

Part of the reason for these rankings taking so long to finish was that I coded a complete energy model based on the energy mechanics, and all relevant talents. This is definitely the most advanced of all the models I've done to date.

Anyway, check it out as I'm looking for feedback/missing items on the rankings.

Patch 2.4

Lots of exciting information coming out on patch 2.4 and the two Sunwell dungeons. I will be adding these items as fast as possible. The first batch should hopefully be added tonight!

- Nuuga

You've probably noticed a few subtle changes to the site over the last few days. I've spent a bunch of time upgrading the infrastructure. Here's a summary:

Save Your Settings! - Long overdue. I had originally intended to have an Armory import function (that was actually 80% coded for all classes), however, Armory is far too inconsistent, and I can’t read all the information I need (like raid buffs). So, I have implemented a save option for all classes. By using this save button and bookmarking the resulting URL, I save all settings for all your classes. Simply click the button again to resave your data to the same URL. I am looking for feedback on this for possible improvements or bugs, so please leave me a message on the form on the sidebar.

Speed Issues - With the number of hits this site is receiving now, my old item tool tip solution (itemstats) was causing way too many database connections. I have switched to the free service offered by Wowhead.com. This has caused a threefold increase in speed on seeing the item rankings, however the tool tips might be a little slower since I’m relying on a connection to a server I have no control over. A great change in my opinion.

Also something new that doesn’t quit fit in with the domain name ;)

Healing Rankings - I tried my first hand at healing rankings recently. I added a Holy Paladins gear rankings last week which seems to be going over quite well. The issue here is balancing between mana efficiency and healing per second. I tried to accommodate for this issue by allowing users to select their importance level for each. By doing so, I create a healing equivalence point (as opposed to DPS for damage dealers). The challenge here was to rank two sets of data across such different possible ranges. I’m using quad root to do so, if anyone has a better solution please contact me!

As you can see, development is ongoing. As to what I'm planning on next, the most common question I get asked is where the rankings are for Hunters and Rogues. These will be coming, but I think next I’ll be adding some more raid buff options to existing classes, and I might be throwing up Destruction Locks along the way.

- Nuuga