Remove direct upgrade recommendations

README.md

@@ -54,20 +54,14 @@ Mount and pet base stats remain editable, and each has separate damage and healt
 
 ## Optimizer goals
 
-The app lets you enter the current state of all equipment and then recommends:
+The app lets you enter the current state of all equipment and then evaluates:
 
-1. **What to increase next**
-   - Prioritizes effects by actual DPS gain for the selected combat style.
-   - Accounts for each effect's remaining room to grow before cap.
-   - Shows the DPS gain from the next `+1%` and from upgrading to cap.
-   - Crit damage has no DPS value until crit chance is above `0%`.
-
-2. **What is best to sacrifice instead**
+1. **What is best to sacrifice instead**
    - Scores every equipped piece from its base stat and effects.
    - Identifies the lowest-value pieces as likely sacrifice candidates.
-   - Explains why a piece is weak, such as missing effects, low base stat, or low-impact effects.
+   - Explains why a piece is weak, such as low base stat or low-impact effects.
 
-3. **Overall build summary**
+2. **Overall build summary**
    - Totals base damage and health.
    - Totals effect percentages across all items, mount, and pets.
    - Shows calculated DPS and estimated regen to compare save slots.
@@ -80,12 +74,14 @@ The app calculates DPS from entered base damage and offensive effects:
 DPS = base damage
   * (1 + damage%)
   * (1 + selected style damage%)
-  * (1 + attack speed%)
+  * ((1 + attack speed%) / 2)
   * (1 + double chance%)
   * (1 + crit chance% * crit damage%)
   * skill cooldown multiplier, only for Skill style
 ```
 
+The attack speed term assumes the base `100%` attack speed is about one hit every two seconds, or `0.5` hits per second.
+
 The selected combat style controls which specialized damage bonus is used:
 
 - Melee uses melee damage.
@@ -94,7 +90,7 @@ The selected combat style controls which specialized damage bonus is used:
 
 All additive bonuses are evaluated against the current total. For example, if the build already has `+100% melee damage`, adding another `+50% melee damage` increases the melee multiplier from `2.0x` to `2.5x`, which is an actual `+25%` DPS increase rather than `+50%`.
 
-Each item effect row displays its actual current DPS contribution and the marginal DPS gain from the next `+1%` upgrade.
+Each item effect row displays its actual current DPS contribution. Direct effect upgrading is not modeled because players roll replacement items rather than adjust an existing effect in-place.
 
 The effect totals panel also shows what adding one more maximum-roll effect would do right now. For example, if the build already has `+100% melee damage`, another max `+50% melee damage` changes the multiplier from `2.0x` to `2.5x`, so it displays `+25% DPS`.
 

app.js

@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ function updateAnalysis() {
   updateEffectImpactHints(totals, dps);
 
   renderEffectTotals(totals, dps, survivability);
-  renderUpgrades(profile, totals, dps);
   renderSacrifices(pieceScores);
   saveDraft();
 }
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ function calculateDamageDetails(totals, combatStyle = "melee") {
   const globalDamage = 1 + effects.damage / 100;
   const styleDamage = 1 + getStyleDamageBonus(effects, combatStyle) / 100;
   const singleHit = baseDamage * globalDamage * styleDamage;
-  const attackSpeed = 1 + effects.attackSpeed / 100;
+  const attacksPerSecond = (1 + effects.attackSpeed / 100) / 2;
   const doubleHit = 1 + effects.doubleChance / 100;
   const critChance = effects.critChance / 100;
   const critDamage = effects.critDamage / 100;
@@ -273,7 +272,7 @@ function calculateDamageDetails(totals, combatStyle = "melee") {
   return {
     singleHit,
     critHit,
-    dps: singleHit * attackSpeed * doubleHit * crit * cooldown,
+    dps: singleHit * attacksPerSecond * doubleHit * crit * cooldown,
   };
 }
 
@@ -404,45 +403,11 @@ function updateEffectImpactHints(totals, currentDps) {
       const current = clampEffectValue(effect.type, Number(effect.value));
       const withoutThis = calculateDps(cloneTotalsWithEffectDelta(totals, effect.type, -current), state.combatStyle);
       const currentGain = percentChange(withoutThis, currentDps);
-      const remaining = Math.max(0, def.cap - current);
-      const plusOne = Math.min(1, remaining);
-      const plusOneGain = plusOne > 0
-        ? percentChange(currentDps, calculateDps(cloneTotalsWithEffectDelta(totals, effect.type, plusOne), state.combatStyle))
-        : 0;
-      hint.textContent = `Cap: ${def.cap}%. Actual now: ${fmt(currentGain)}% DPS. Next +${fmt(plusOne)}%: ${fmt(plusOneGain)}% DPS.`;
+      hint.textContent = `Actual: ${fmt(currentGain)}% DPS`;
     });
   });
 }
 
-function renderUpgrades(profile, totals, currentDps) {
-  const upgrades = [];
-  for (const piece of state.pieces) {
-    for (const effect of piece.effects) {
-      if (!effect.type) continue;
-      const def = effectById(effect.type);
-      const current = clampEffectValue(effect.type, Number(effect.value));
-      const remaining = def.cap - current;
-      if (remaining <= 0) continue;
-      const plusOne = Math.min(1, remaining);
-      const onePointDps = calculateDps(cloneTotalsWithEffectDelta(totals, effect.type, plusOne), state.combatStyle);
-      const capDps = calculateDps(cloneTotalsWithEffectDelta(totals, effect.type, remaining), state.combatStyle);
-      const onePointGain = percentChange(currentDps, onePointDps);
-      const capGain = percentChange(currentDps, capDps);
-      const fallback = profile.weights[effect.type] * 0.001;
-      const efficiency = capGain || onePointGain || fallback;
-      upgrades.push({ piece, def, current, remaining, efficiency, onePointGain, capGain });
-    }
-  }
-
-  upgrades.sort((a, b) => b.efficiency - a.efficiency);
-  const count = state.recommendationCount;
-  $("#upgradeList").innerHTML = upgrades.slice(0, count).map((item) => `
-    <li><strong>${item.def.label}</strong> on ${escapeHtml(item.piece.name || item.piece.title)}
-      <small>${fmt(item.current)}% now, ${fmt(item.remaining)}% room to cap. Next +1% gives ${fmt(item.onePointGain)}% DPS; to cap gives ${fmt(item.capGain)}% DPS.</small>
-    </li>
-  `).join("") || "<li>No upgradeable effects entered yet.</li>";
-}
-
 function renderSacrifices(pieceScores) {
   const weakest = pieceScores
     .filter(({ piece }) => !piece.noEffects)

index.html

@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@
       </section>
 
       <section class="results">
-        <article class="card">
-          <h2>Best upgrades</h2>
-          <ol id="upgradeList" class="recommendation-list"></ol>
-        </article>
         <article class="card">
           <h2>Best sacrifice candidates</h2>
           <ol id="sacrificeList" class="recommendation-list"></ol>

styles.css

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ h3 { margin-bottom: 0; }
 .metric strong { font-size: 1.8rem; }
 .metric small { display: block; margin-top: 0.4rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.35; }
 
-.results { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); margin-bottom: 1rem; }
+.results { grid-template-columns: 1fr; margin-bottom: 1rem; }
 .recommendation-list { display: grid; gap: 0.75rem; padding-left: 1.5rem; }
 .recommendation-list li { padding-left: 0.25rem; }
 .recommendation-list strong { color: var(--accent); }