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`.