Release 20240531 · SavageAim/app

The Final Pre-Dawntrail (Non-Bugfix) Release

Good day fellow Warrior of Light, I hope that this message finds you well.
I've been hard at work on some community requested features / changes, and on interesting new mechanics that I hope people will take advantage of for the new expansion!
As a result, these patch notes are pretty large, but I encourage you to at least scroll through and read the various headings!
Thank you to all who've been using my little passion project through Endwalker, and may you all have a good time in Dawntrail!

In the interest of making things easier for new Users to sign up and join their Teams, the following changes have been implemented to the system;
- Characters can now use the site normally from the moment they are created, and no longer require being verified to interact with Teams/BIS Lists
  - The cleanup timer for Non-Verified Characters has been extended to 7 days, so be sure to verify eventually so you do not lose your Character!
  - A Notification will be sent when a Character has not been verified in 5 days, to ensure you do not forget!
If you attempt to Create / Join a Team while your account has no Characters, there is now a form with two inputs. Providing your Character's Lodestone URL, and an Etro Gearset URL, will automatically create all the necessary details in one go!

It is now possible to import your current gear from Lodestone when creating/editing BIS Lists!
- If your current gear on Lodestone is not equippable by the Job your BIS List is set to, it will give a message and not make any changes.

A new BETA feature has been added to the Loot Manager page; the Loot Solver.
This feature aims to "solve" loot distibution by handing out loot fairly but in a way that ensures you spend the least number of weeks on each fight as possible.
It is accessible in a dropdown box on the Loot Manager page, and you can see a full set of distribution for all of the required kills.
People using the Per-Fight Loot Manager (accessible in User Settings) can also auto-assign the week's loot into the slots, allowing for an easy save if you're following it.
For more details, please see the wiki page about this feature!
Because it is a Beta feature, there could be some algorithmic inconsistencies. If there are any issues or bugs or anything, please report them on the Discord!

In the interest of improving UX, Action buttons that only affect part of the BIS Form have been moved to the relevant sections:
- The "Import From Etro" button is now attached to the bottom of the BIS Gear section.
- Similarly, the "Import from Lodestone" and "Copy from Other List" buttons are now on the bottom of the Current Gear section.
The Actions box now only contains the Create/Save buttons, and the header of this box has been removed since it's now irrelevant to have one.

Attempting to optimize queries on the Loot Manager page to improve performance!
Converted PNG images to WebP format to give smaller images to download!
Visiting a page that requires being logged in will now redirect you to the same page after you have logged in!

SavageAim will be going for as long as I'm playing XIV, so this isn't some sort of closing down message!
As always, I will be more than happy to talk through / work on feature requests from the community! After all, SavageAim wouldn't be this good without ideas from y'all!
However, I would also like to try branching out.
I'm thinking the next thing I could work on would be some sort of plugin that would allow you to sync current gear directly from in game.
I have no idea how it would work or how much work it would involve but it would be something that I see myself using and that's all the motivation I need!
If any of you have any other ideas you'd like to see within the SavageAim ecosystem, please don't hesitate to send a message!