Just noticed this forum, so just pinching in my 2cp on this issue: item searches.
There are a few items out there with seemingly generic stats. Those are the items that have the following suffixes:
- of the Monkey (sta, agi)
- of the Eagle (int, sta)
- of the Whale (spi, sta)
- of the Wolf (agi, spi)
- of the Falcon (agi, int)
- of the Owl (spi, int)
- of the Tiger (agi, str)
- of the Gorilla (int, str)
- of the Bear (sta, str)
- of the Boar (str, spi)
- of Spirit
- of Strength
- of Fire Resistance
- of Arcane Resistance
- of Frost Resistance
- of Shadow Resistance
- of Nature Resistance
- of Arcane Wrath
- of Fiery Wrath
- of Healing
- of Defense
- of Power
... and I probably omit a few here by accident as well.
You cannot search for these items; at least not easily. Even though the item name in the rendered item image says "blahblah of ...", you cannot actually search of "blahblah of" and hope to have it show up. If you search for just "blahblah", it will show up. For example, Hyperion Gauntlets, those have such a suffix. A search for just "Hyperion Gauntlets" will show them (
hyperion gauntlets), but "Hyperion gauntlets of" will not (
hyperion gauntlets of)
Furthermore, these items with these suffixes will also not show up when you perform an advanced search and weigh your search results based on certain attributes, like INT or STA. I came across this when I was checking out possibly good mail gear for my Shaman who just passed into the 40's and is in need of some armor upgrades. Suffixed items do not show up in the advanced search, even though they are viable alternatives.
When using the quick item lookup, performing the search as I just detailed (like just "gauntlets"), it will show all flavors of the suffixes for items with the search term in the name. Searching for "item of" (like "gauntlets of") will exclude those from the list, however.
Could these items with generic attributes be added to the (advanced) search in one way or another?