If you tank without Itemrack or Outfitter … read this.
If you’ve been following this site, you’ve no doubt heard me mention using multiple sets of tanking gear and even if you don’t necessarily agree with doing that you at the very least are probably tracking around with some Resistance and DPS sets.
How do you handle all this gear?
- Itemrack
- Outfitter
Itemrack is an addon for WoW that allows you to quickly switch between sets of gear. You simply set up different arrangements of gear and then at a click of a button you can swap between them. As a tank, the ability to switch gear fast will allow you to aggressively optimize your gear based on not just a boss or an instance, but on an individual pull basis. Not to mention you’ll never have to worry about digging through your bags to see if you have a particular piece of gear on you, the sets have a tooltip that’ll let you know if you have forgotten a piece(s) of gear in the bank.
Now I’m listed Outfitter here too even though I actually just use Itemrack myself. I’ve heard countless times that Outfitter is the superior choice of the two. The reality is that it probably is, but I’m a big fan of the simplicity of Itemrack and since it does everything I require it to do, I’m not worrying about switching. However, if you are new to these add-ons it’s probably worth it for you to try them both out and decide which one you likely best.
Regardless which one of the above two add-ons you decide on, I guarantee that you and your party will appreciate the time either one of these add-ons save.
January 5th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
ClosetGnome is another good alternative for creating multiple gear sets.
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January 5th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
ClosetGnome is a good option if you want an Ace mod. Very simple and works perfectly for me.
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January 6th, 2008 at 3:23 am
Aye, I use Closet Gnome due to it being Ace2, so low memory consumption and very intuitive to boot. Damn those pesky Gnomes….
All hail our new Lords and Masters, the Pygmy shrew!
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January 6th, 2008 at 3:49 am
I personally use itemrack over outfitter. I used outfitter for a while and I found it confusing and complicated while itemrack does all I need (and that is different gears and changing them with keybindings). But what do I know, I have 32 intellect
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January 6th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I’ve always liked the trinket swapping buttons that Itemrack brings. Makes it easy to swap between threat, Stam, and avoidance trinkets (or riding crops!)
I’ll have to give closet gnome a try though.
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January 6th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I gave up on Itemrack after using it for 2 years due to lack of support. Outfitter works better with WoW 2.3, and TrinketSwap (the same author as Itemrack) still handles its 2 gear slots as well as it always has.
Haven’t tried Closet Gnome yet though.
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January 6th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Thanks! I just got itemrack and it rocks.
I have a UI rule - if it takes more than 2 seconds to figure out, I don’t use it. Itemrack passed the test.
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January 7th, 2008 at 6:39 am
I’ve used ClosetGnome, ItemRack and Outfitter and I prefer Wardrobe2 by far. Not only is it an ace mod like ClosetGnome but it is more simple than all the afore mentioned mods. I try to make my interface only out of mods that are lightweight and do exactly what they are meant to do, no more and no less. This mod fits the bill.
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January 7th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I have also used ClosetGnome for a while now and love it. Very lightweight and does the job. Nothing like being able to swap to tank gear and back to dps gear with the press of a key.
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January 7th, 2008 at 10:52 am
I use outfitter, and i don’t really see any comlications to it… one of the things i like the most is the auto changing… if i mount it equips all riding-enhancing gear, if i’m on a bg it will auto switch to my pvp gear, etc.
Plus, it works with titan panel
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January 7th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I use
- Wardrobe2 for the main gear sets
- Wardrobe for switching weapons only
I haven’t really played around with it much .. but Wardrobe2 used to queue up gear changes when in battle, whilst Wardrobe didn’t care and switched the weapons regardless
(oh and I use Wardrobe for a fishing set .. haha)
Thanks for this site .. always a great read
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January 8th, 2008 at 6:58 am
But vene. I need multiple sets of gear first
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January 8th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Aye, I used to use Wardrobe2 on my priest to swap between pvp/but when I started playing my warrior and needed gear swapping in the middle of combat (well, specifically weapons), I tried Outfitter, and became quite happy with it after I figured out how it works.
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January 9th, 2008 at 2:50 am
An outfitter like feature will be added in 2.4 ingame UI. You can have outfitter slots that hold different outfits, freeing up bagspace.
That basically mean we (well all people who have diferent sets) will have a huge storage upgrade.
I personally have 4×20slot bags, all almost completely full of warrior gear:
- 1 dps set (16 items)
- 1 threat set (6 items)
- 1 avoidance set (8 items)
- 1 NR set (6 items)
- 1 FR set (8 items)
- 1 AR set (4 items)
and an incoming SR set… Will be having 48 free space in bags O.o
WELCOME 2.4!!!
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source, a green post on Blizzard forums:
“The UI will get some very nice features. First off it will introduce an itemrack/Outfitter like feature. Basically it will allow you to easily swap gear compilations. However, it
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January 9th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Nice find Khail!
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January 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
I know itemrack also allows key mapping for sets as well, it even has events you can setup for gear swaps when certain criteria are met, such as mounting
I think you can also get it setup events for swapping to slower weap for a quick overpower, high spirit weaps for evocates, etc
as a warrior, I use Shift + mouse wheel up/down for weap swaps, very helpful for whipping out the shield if MT drops, pvp shield reflects, etc.
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January 14th, 2008 at 8:32 am
My PC blew up this weekend, so while I was rebuilding my UI, I tried a few different wardrobe mods. Back to itemrack, and much happier for it. It’s just so much more robust than the others.
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