Shared affixes for filter rules

[Thraal]

Filter rules often repeat affixes in predictable ways:

• 1-2 class mods on helmet/chest
• Flat damage on crafted melee weapon prefixes
• Slow/chill/frailty/shred on crafted hit weapon suffixes
• Resists almost everywhere before blessings
• Crit avoidance almost everywhere before blessings
• Hybrid health on gloves/belt/boot
• Endurance threshold or health wherever possible
• Attribute on both rings/almost everywhere in some builds

Endgame filters also stack many of the above affixes on multiple items:

• Class helmet/chest/relic
• Amulets (Gold, Bone, build specific)
• Rings (Silver, Gold, Coral, build specific)
• Gloves (Crusader, Engraved)
• Belts (Plated, Ranger’s)
• Boots (Heoborean, Solarum)

(1.) Individual rule duplication is a commonly suggested workaround. Write the affixes once, copy them for every slot, then write in subtypes. Another solution is to (2.) allow more than one type/subtype per rule.
But these approaches don’t work as well with systematic edits:

• Scenario A: You acquire crit avoidance or resist blessings and convert to health/endurance stacking
  1. Reopen multiple rules unchecking crit/resist and checking hp/endurance over and over
  2. Edit dozens of affixes and subtypes through submenus in a main rule
• Scenario B: You change damage scaling type or subtypes within the same mastery (Bleed => Detonating Arrow/Multishot, Dual Sword => Sword+Dagger)
  1. Reopen multiple rules unchecking old class affixes/generic damage and checking new ones (attack speed, physical DoT, +%cc, %ccm)
  2. Edit main rule for 1:1 affixes:subtypes; make extra rules for subtypes that don’t fit

Groups of one or more shared affixes can be edited more flexibly:

• Item subtypes in left column
• Specific/one-off affixes in center column
• Groups in right column (resists, crit avoidance, damage types, etc.)
• Groups automatically bracket ] all applicable subtypes by default
  • Subtypes can also be unchecked/added manually
  • Subtypes auto arrange to minimize duplicate brackets
    • Gloves - Belt - Boots ] {Hybrid health}
• Edits to a group apply to all bracketed subtypes
• Uncheck an entire group to temporarily disconnect it from all subtypes
• Scenario A: Uncheck/delete crit/resist groups, add health/endurance groups
• Scenario B: Uncheck/delete old subtypes and class/damage groups, add new subtypes and class/damage groups

Shared affixes are compatible with other designs and playstyles:

• Left-right column design could work with top-bottom rule priority
  • Unique/exalted/set above all the regular subtypes
  • Blank subtype below all the others for shatters
  • Hide all below everything
• Booleans (discussed by devs) could work within or across affix groups
  • Some items ] {Hybrid health OR Endurance threshold}
  • Some weapons ] {Added melee physical damage NOT Increased physical damage}
• Current filter “too complicated/annoying”? See everything important at a glance.
• Auto-bracket “too easy”? Add everything manually.