AddOn Spotlight: RatingBuster
by Eliah Hecht 
Feb 2nd 2007 at 2:26PM
This one is nice and simple. You know those combat ratings that Blizz introduced in 2.0.1? Crit rating, hit rating, etc.? What RatingBuster does is translate those into percentages. This is harder than you may think, because the relationship between rating and percentage varies according to your level as well as the type of rating. RatingBuster does the math for you and makes your tooltips look like what you see in the screenshot. Specifically, it inserts the little percentages in parentheses by the spellcrit and spellhit ratings.This is pretty helpful, especially when combined with TheoryCraft, one of my all-time favorite AddOns, which can tell you how much damage/healing your next 1% of crit or hit will add to your various abilities. (Theorycraft is not currently combat rating-aware on its own.) One more feature of RatingBuster is its ability to show item levels and item IDs in tooltips. Item levels are conceivably useful for calculating the relative quality of items, I suppose. I'm not sure what item IDs are used for -- modding maybe? Somebody fill me in on that one.
Download RatingBuster at Curse
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Octagon Feb 2nd 2007 2:38PM
Is there a mod yet that will total all the socket bonuses, with the item bonuses? It would be nice to have a total to glance at when comparing items, while still retaining the item and socket breakdown.
Porridge Feb 2nd 2007 2:51PM
wooo this is why I keep coming back to this site day in and day out.
Awesome find
Flit Feb 2nd 2007 3:25PM
Blizzard really should suck this up into the code of the game. Very handy, and I wish it weren't an addon. Awesome.
multikast Feb 5th 2007 9:46AM
i don't think blizzard will ever put this into the actual game because people would just look at the percentage, then wonder why it went down when they leveled. complaining and hilarity would ensue.