ProfessionProgress v2.6.0

This release introduces Profession Level Affinity, an optional visual aid that compares a profession's current skill range with the highest profession range available for the character's current level.

Changes

• Added optional Profession Level Affinity.
• The feature is disabled by default.
• Added a fixed profession-rank affinity table:
  • Apprentice: skill 1–75, available from character level 1
  • Journeyman: skill 75–150, available from level 10
  • Expert: skill 150–225, available from level 20
  • Artisan: skill 225–300, available from level 35
  • Master: skill 300–375, available from level 50
  • Grand Master: skill 375–450, available from level 65
  • Illustrious Grand Master: skill 450–525, available from level 75
  • Zen Master: skill 525–600, available from level 80
• Added WoW-style affinity colors based on how far the current profession range is from the highest range available for the character level:
  • Red — highest available profession range for the current character level
  • Orange — one range behind
  • Yellow — two ranges behind
  • Green — three ranges behind
  • Grey — four or more ranges behind
• Added three display preferences:
  • Highlight name
  • Color progress bar
  • Highlight name and bar
• In Gauge layout, name highlighting is represented by a compact color marker next to the gauge.
• When affinity is applied to the progress display, the existing trainer-cap warning glow/pulse remains active and independent.
• Added localized tooltips explaining that Profession Level Affinity does not represent recipe difficulty or skill-up chance.
• Added localization for the new feature across all 11 supported addon languages.
• Preserved the per-character Bar / Gauge layout selector.
• Preserved language selection and automatic client-locale detection.
• Preserved Detected Skill Ups, Skill Overlay, temporary-skill header gauge, and 60-second TTL indicator.
• Preserved Mists of Pandaria Classic compatibility.
• Preserved WoW Forever modern profession-opening behavior.
• Preserved defensive handling for protected/secret strings introduced by recent WoW Forever client updates.