So, there are several threads across the forums asking for gear/upgrading help and advice. I thought it'd be nice to have sort of a "gear check me" thread.

More to the point, I've been using D3RAWR for several weeks now and am extremely happy with it. You just import your character straight from battle.net. Afterwards, there are many different calculators for you to play with. My favorite is the "detailed DPS & EHP" tab. Here, you can view the relative effectiveness of each piece of gear you're wearing and also the effectiveness of every stat point. This makes all of the comparisons easy!

Hope y'all find this useful. Happy Gaming!

nice website!
I've been using an Android app so far but this website does the job just as well.

how can one get his profile updated on battle.net?
by logging out and in again of the game?

Thanks for the link @Phamalot

This will certainly help me try to figure out how much of an upgrade an item is before buying from the auction house. Currently not my strong point, and using the ah is something I am starting to do more of finally.

Posted by Venoom at 11/01/2012 08:58 AM

how can one get his profile updated on battle.net?
by logging out and in again of the game?

I think battle.net checks 2-3 times daily for updates. You will have to log out and then in again, but it may take several hours (boo) to upload the most up to date version of your toon.

Anyone know exact details on Battle.net updates?

@phamalot, thanks for the nice site
the site has an interesting breakdown I'd like to share

Stat DPS gain
+1 Primary Attribute 27.23
+1% Critical Hit Chance 637.03
+1% Critical Hit Damage 130
+1% Attack Speed 517.7
+1% Elemental Damage 258.29
+1 Min/Max Damage 34.84

It listed these stats to me, and it was very helpful!

What I found more interesting is the DPS against Normal, Demons, Elites, Demons Elites, etc.
so now I know that my Stone of Jordan is really worth it :D

It works for everything except the "Adds x% to Element damage". Damage is slightly off.

You know, my own algorithm to calculate the DPS bonus from something like Inna's Favor is off too. I don't really understand how it's calculated (it's pretty complicated since DPS average is calculated by taking the overall DPS derived from alternating each weapon, then on top of that, the physical part of the weapon is only going to represent a percentage of its actual damage, which is the only part that receives the bonus damage). If anyone can get the exact formula, I guess I could offer a small reward (500k or 1M gold).

It works for everything except the "Adds x% to Element damage". Damage is slightly off.

Based on your Monks profile (8% Elemental Damage):

BNEt: 176001 dps
d3rawr: 176001.44 dps

http://www.d3rawr.com/e-12dVHC2v

Is it because of the 0.44 dmg more, it's just rounded on your BNet profile.

@sssdrawr

There's an error in your input for my profile. I have 3 +dmg items.

Ring: +28-56
Ring: +35-66
Amulet: +26-52

Total: +89-174

You have 98 for my minimum damage. I get 175097, which is still pretty close, but not the same.

I'm a bigger fan of the site D3up.com. A bit easiet to use and more pleasing to the eyes.

Metta are you using profile import ? There is a hidden +9 minimum damage bonus on "Target Course". You can't see this on the tooltip but its there.

Posted by NightCrawler9 at 11/09/2012 12:18 PM

I'm a bigger fan of the site D3up.com. A bit easiet to use and more pleasing to the eyes.

Just checked it out-equally nice! Thanks @NightCrawler9

Metta are you using profile import ? There is a hidden +9 minimum damage bonus on "Target Course". You can't see this on the tooltip but its there.

I don't think so, but I don't understand why there would be a hidden damage bonus. If this is true, then it's pretty disconcerting not just because I've calculated my own DPS incorrectly, but also because certain gear just has random "hidden" bonuses? For anyone else following our discussion, it's only 9 damage on the amulet, but that makes a difference of 1000 DPS overall that I can't even see.

Lovin this part:


Stat DPS gain

+1 Primary Attribute 19.53
+1% Critical Hit Chance 514.39
+1% Critical Hit Damage 110.44
+1% Attack Speed 486.09
+1% Elemental Damage 192.05
+1 Min/Max Damage 29.14

Yep but if you are looking for upgrades, you should really compare the skill damage not character sheet damage because skill damage includes all the buffs like Won Khim Lau's bonus to lightning skills, the Tal Rasha's Set that increases the damage of fire|lightning|cold skills and damage or crit hit bonuses to specific skills for example.

Examples:

Here is a wizard: http://www.d3rawr.com/d-gWG8h0t3#set-1-skills
And here a barb: http://www.d3rawr.com/d-35to60W3#set-1-skills