WoW PTR 3.1 Equipment Manager Interface

World of Warcraft's Patch 3.1, currently on the Public Test Realms, has introduced the Gear Management system, a feature that allows players to swap armor, weapons, jewellery and trinkets at the touch of a button.

The Gear Management system is probably the most anticipated feature being tested on the PTRs besides the new Dual Talent spec feature. There are already player-made addons for WoW that manage players' gear but this new system will be integrated into the client, freeing up valuable memory.

[Leord]

Oooooh, an in-game ItemRack! =D

[Maticus]

Yup, and none of the memory space, woot!

[Terrice]

That's good, I loved ItemRack, cool to have it in the UI

[Dmitry Orlov]

I remember using ItemRack since AQ40 - it was so long ago...

[Fyzzu]

No more Outfitter then? I do like that Blizz keep adding in bits and pieces that the community creates.

[Leord]

I think it's a good thing, actually. So that you don't have to be a genious in finding UIs just to have a great time in the game!

[Maticus]

Please let Quest Helper be the next to get the Blizz treatment! Although I'm sure they'll never do that lol. And anyway, I still use SCT instead of the in-game version because it's a lot better, I'm sure people will continue to use ItemRack and Wardrobe after this.

[Maticus]

I'm so glad Blizzard have built this into the game at last! One more addon I can get rid of.

[thetamer]

Really interesting. I'm sure WoW players have been banging on about this for some time, and gear managment is something the game was crying out for.

[Leord]

Well, you could GET it form addons, but I guess you are right that it kind of did need some sot of in-house management feature, yeah...

[Dorjan]

Wow, WoW didn't have this before?

[Maticus]

Yeah we could all make macros to do this before, but this new system will be a lot easier.

[AndyA]

Nice, I can finally uninstall some of my add-ons.

[Leord]

Well, ONE anyway xD

[Maticus]

Hasn't FF had this for ages come to think of it?

[Dorjan]

Sort of, because of the job / macro system it doesn't really need it. When you change job FFXI remembers what you are wearing so when you change back it'll equip all your armour / weapons you had for that job!

Other than that you set macros to change your gear, very cool for if a certain staff boosts healing and another boosts magic damage you can set it to auto change the weapon every time you cast a healing / attack spell!