XIVEquip 2.0.0

XIVEquip 2.0 is a major overhaul focused on making gear recommendations smarter, easier to understand, and safer to equip.

Highlights

• Added a new whole-loadout optimizer that evaluates your equipped gear and bags together instead of treating every slot independently.
• Added built-in stat weights for every specialization. Pawn is fully supported but no longer required.
• Added direct Pawn integration, including automatic scale selection and support for choosing a specific Pawn scale.
• Added import support for Pawn/Raidbots weight strings and Wowhead-style stat priorities.
• Added editable XIVWeights scales with import, export, duplication, and per-specialization ownership.
• Added profiles with per-character and per-specialization configuration.
• Added Wishlist and Avoidlist support to favor or reject specific items.
• Added configurable set-bonus preferences for 2-piece and 4-piece bonuses.
• Added optional filtering for trinkets Blizzard considers inappropriate for the active specialization.
• Added a complete recommendation preview showing score improvements, item-level changes, and stats gained or lost.

Smarter equipment decisions

• Evaluates rings and trinkets as pairs.
• Handles Unique-Equipped items and shared uniqueness categories across the complete loadout.
• Supports two-handed weapons, dual wielding, shields, off-hands, and holdable items.
• Supports specialization-specific weapon rules, including Fury Warrior Titan’s Grip and Frost Death Knight weapon choices.
• Correctly handles weapon changes that require clearing or replacing the off-hand.
• Prefers the correct armor and weapon types for the current specialization.
• Preserves equipped items when no genuine improvement is available.
• Handles incomplete item data with bounded retries instead of returning unreliable recommendations.

Safer Bind-on-Equip handling

• XIVEquip can now equip recommended Bind-on-Equip and Warbound-Until-Equipped items through Blizzard’s normal binding confirmation.
• Added a recommendation panel beside the Blizzard confirmation showing:
  • The item being equipped
  • The item it replaces
  • Expected score improvement
  • Item-level difference
  • Stats gained and lost
• Canceling the confirmation safely skips the item without hanging the remaining equip operation.
• Multiple binding confirmations in one plan are handled individually.
• Added protection against overlapping Equip Best operations.

New settings experience

• Rebuilt the settings window with vertical navigation and clearer organization.
• Added profile creation, selection, assignment, and deletion controls.
• Added per-specialization scale and integration selection.
• Added a full-width custom scale editor.
• Added dedicated Wishlist and Avoidlist pages with item-link and item-ID support.
• Added clearer explanations for automatic integration fallback and active scale selection.
• Added configurable automation, messaging, set-bonus, and trinket preferences.
• Fixed numerous layout, dropdown, dialog, paste-box, and text-wrapping issues.

Preview and controls

• Added a fast hover preview with short-lived caching.
• Shift-clicking the minimap button now previews recommendations without equipping.
• The preview identifies the active weight source and scale.
• The minimap button now documents its available actions:
  • Left-click: Equip Recommended Gear
  • Shift + Left-click: Preview recommendations
  • Right-click: Open settings
• Added clearer “no upgrades” and equipment-result messages.
• Added an XIVEquip macro creation and refresh option.

Automation

• Added optional automatic gearing after specialization changes.
• Added optional saving of successful results as Blizzard equipment sets.
• Improved equipment-set updates so existing icons are preserved.
• Added stronger verification before reporting an equip operation as successful.
• Equipment operations now stop safely if combat begins, a slot remains locked, or Blizzard prevents a protected action.

Migration and reliability

• Existing settings are automatically migrated to the new profile-based settings model.
• Legacy generated default scales are kept separate from user-created custom scales.
• Retired planner and comparison settings are removed during migration.
• Reworked initialization to be safe and idempotent.
• Improved error reporting when planning or equipping fails.
• Added extensive automated coverage for planning, scoring, profiles, integrations, weapon rules, unique items, set bonuses, UI behavior, and equipment execution.

Compatibility

• World of Warcraft Retail 12.0.7
• World of Warcraft Retail 12.1.0