Pawn

Last Updated: Feb 3, 2018 Game Version: 7.3.5

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Jan 13, 2008

Owner: VgerAN

Pawn helps you find upgrades for your gear and tell which of two items is better for your spec. Start with built-in advice from Ask Mr. Robot, or customize Pawn's stat weights to have it suggest items based on your favorite class guide or simulator. Pawn can help you decide whether it's better to use the cloak with 500 mastery or the one with 450 crit—whether you're just starting out, or you're an advanced player who plans out gear upgrades and regularly simulates and evaluates performance.

Language support

Pawn works with English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish (European and Latin American), Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Unlike most addons, Pawn's language has to match the language you play WoW in.

Staying in touch

Become a fan of Vger on Facebook and get updates of new versions and stuff like that. You can also leave questions or comments there if you don't have an account on this site.

Prerelease alpha versions of Pawn are occasionally available on CurseForge.

Getting started

If you're new to Pawn, don't worry—Pawn will automatically set itself up to give you advice based on math done by the experts at Ask Mr. Robot. Just watch for Pawn's green arrows. If you decide you want to go further, there are a lot of ways that you can customize Pawn, by tracking multiple specs at once, importing custom stat weights, and more.

Found a bug?

If you think you might have found a bug, just leave a comment here. In addition to a description of the problem, please make sure to include: (1) the language that you use Pawn and WoW in, (2) the specific items that don't work as expected, and (3) your class and spec if you're using the built-in (not custom) stat weights. Screenshots are usually very helpful as well.

Incompatible with...

Pawn will not work with Titan Panel Artifact Power or Combat Numbers Separator. Those addons change item tooltips and will cause Pawn to give bad advice.

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bezat22
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Posted Apr 13, 2018
Until level 87 Pawn showed me the coin symbol only on quest rewards on the cheaper item instead on the more expensive one. Since then, sometimes Pawn shows me the coin on the cheaper and sometimes on the more expensive Item.

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VgerAN
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Posted Apr 16, 2018
In reply to bezat22:

Hmmm, thanks for the report, and sorry for the trouble. The next time you see it showing you the wrong thing, can you take a screenshot? I wonder if maybe it's due to the level scaling changes—maybe it's getting the wrong costs from the game, like based on the original sell price for the item before scaling.

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Posted Apr 10, 2018
Is it possible the Pawn addon is not taking into account non-upgraded Heirlooms?

for example i have a bloodied aranite reaper and on my lvl 80 it says it has 33 crit, which it would if i wasn't cheap and not wanted to upgrade an alt's heirloom, so instead of showing the +20 crit it actually has, Pawn is weighting it at its 80 equiv of 33

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Posted Apr 11, 2018
In reply to GrimNotepad:

Yeah, there's a game bug in 7.3.x where WoW puts the wrong stats on tooltips of not-fully-upgraded heirlooms sometimes, and since Pawn gets stats from tooltips, it gets wrong numbers. I'm hoping that they fix it for 8.0, but if they don't, I'll see if I can find a good workaround. Sorry for the trouble!

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Posted Apr 12, 2018
In reply to VgerAN:

Well that's great you are aware of it. I really appreciate this add-on and your prompt response!

Keep up the great work!

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Posted Mar 27, 2018
I there! I love pawn (ha!) but recently after coming back i'm having huge problems just having it work.

I've installed it, reinstalled it, completely wiped all knowledge of it and re-reinstalled it and it neither shows up in the addons list nor anywhere in game. Do you have any idea why this might be?

I must say its not the only addon acting this way - world quest tracker is as well so may not be isolated to Pawn but having installed all other addons through the twitch app am at a loss as to why its not showing full stop.

Any help would be appreciated!

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VgerAN
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Posted Mar 27, 2018
In reply to scottklotd:

Hmm, that is very odd. Can you find your World of Warcraft folder, and then check what's in here?

World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\Pawn

That folder should contain 24 files and 2 folders. If the Pawn folder is missing, then my best guess is that the Twitch client is maybe set up to install addons to a different place, maybe the location that World of Warcraft used to be installed to last time you played. If it's missing one or more files, then maybe the Twitch client is having trouble installing the latest version.

Let me know what you find!

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Posted Feb 10, 2018
Telling me to stack Mastery for a BM (Stomp Build) Hunt when it should be Crit.

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Posted Feb 13, 2018
In reply to Saroana:

Hi! Pawn's default stat weight scales provide a good starting point for average characters with average gear in a particular spec. You can get more personalized advice for a specific character or playstyle by using your own custom stat weights. You can use the "Export to Addon" feature in Ask Mr. Robot to copy and paste Mr. Robot's advice directly into Pawn—here's a picture that shows how. I hope that helps!

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Posted Feb 4, 2018
Seems to be a bug when opening bags after latest update. Using ELVUI and when opening the bags it causes a small jump in the game. This does not happen when pawn is disabled so it looks as though its related to the upgrade info it gives you in bags.

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Posted Feb 4, 2018
In reply to user_591229:

Hi! Is this new to Pawn 2.2.18, or you're not sure? Does it happen every time you open your bags, or just the first time?

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Posted Feb 5, 2018
In reply to VgerAN:

New as far as i can tell never happened prior to your update a day or two ago. Yes every time the bags are opened and only the bags.

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Posted Feb 5, 2018
In reply to user_591229:

Okay, thanks for the info. Can you see if it happens with all of your other addons (but not Pawn) disabled?

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Posted Feb 6, 2018
In reply to VgerAN:

Localized to ELVUI used in conjunction with pawn.

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Posted Feb 13, 2018
In reply to user_591229:

Okay, thanks for the info. I probably won't be able to investigate until sometime next week. If the problem is distracting, you can either roll back to a previous version of Pawn, or turn off the "show bag upgrade advisor" option on Pawn's Options tab.

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Posted Feb 4, 2018
Hi! First of all, thank you so much for your hard work, your addon is a must have for me :)

May I ask for a compatibility request? I'm using another addon named Immersion (https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/immersion) that replaces the quest frames by its own. Obviously, the nice green arrows from your mod don't appear on these custom frames. I asked the author of Immersion, and they gave me some references that could be useful to you if you consider my request:

Reward buttons are called:

ImmersionQuestInfoItem1, ImmersionQuestInfoItem2, ... etc.

They behave just as the regular reward buttons. They're also contained in the table:

ImmersionFrame.TalkBox.Elements.Content.RewardsFrame.Buttons

Of course, you don't have to do anything if you don't want! I'm just asking if it would be possible. Thank you for considering my request, and I hope I've been clear enough with it -sorry, English is not my native language :)

Thank you again for sharing your addon with us, and have a nice day!

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Posted Feb 4, 2018
In reply to Shaiandra:

Thanks for the information! That'll be useful. Integration with Immersion is something that I'd like to look into the future once I have more time to work on Pawn again. And you have a nice day too. :)

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Posted Feb 1, 2018
I guess it's curse because I still get 2.2.17a as of 2/1/18 10:38 pm eastern time. As I posted I see some versions don't show up here soooo.... ty for the reply!

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Posted Feb 1, 2018
You keep releasing the same version and call it an update 2.2.17a, confused...

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Posted Feb 1, 2018
In reply to weblyvickers:

Hi! The last version I released was 2.2.18 beta 1, and the one before that was 2.2.17b alpha 1. They're unfinished versions for testing out some new functionality. Alpha and beta versions don't show up here on this page, but people can get them through the Twitch app or the "Visit project page" link button to the right.

2.2.17a is the latest "good" version still, so don't worry. 2.2.18 will probably be ready for release in a few days. Sorry for the confusion!

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