StupidFatHobbit's Filter: From Racing to 100, RaizQT Approved, Ascendancy Ready

This is a powerful, highly customizable filter capable of tackling all aspects of the game from racing to endgame mapping in a hardcore league. I started writing it ages ago when I became dissastisfied with the other filters I tried. Most did not filter well enough or were clearly not written by someone with racing in mind. I wanted something minimalistic, thorough, and very aggressive at hiding junk items. I originally never had any intention of making this filter public and am releasing it only due to demand.

Backgrounds and font size changes are only used for must-pick-up items. I use the full color spectrum in order to filter well as possible but gaudy eye-cancer colors are avoided. Sounds are used for valuable items. The idea behind the filter is "anything you might want to pick is shown, nothing more, nothing less."

This filter has been in limited circulation for the past few months as I've tried to perfect it. After far too many months I'm finally happy enough with it to make it public.

What makes this filter so flexible?

The filter contains an "Options" block that allows you to change a few lines in order to completely change archetypes for racing. You can easily switch between Melee, Bow, Caster, toggle low level currency enlargement, etc. For those that want to take advantage of the flexibilty but don't want to edit the file themselves, I have made a number of presets available.

What all do you hide?

Nothing at the start, with progressively more as the game goes on. Race levels have more leeway to account for worst case scenarios. No rares, gems, div cards, maps, jewels, top crafting basetypes, or uniques will ever be hidden. In general you will find this filter hides more than your average one, especially at endgame.

Can I use this filter nonstop from 1-100? Will it cover everything I need? What about the nonstandard races?

Yes. Many people including Raiz and myself already have. There are "phases" to the filter: racing, levelling, early mapping, and endgame, and the filter smoothly transitions between them. From Avian Slippers to Fishing Rods to Sacrifical Garbs, every weird item you can think of is accounted for. It's written to be able to tackle any and every aspect of the game.

Old Video of RaizQT talking about a VERYold beta version of the filter. It's been massively expanded since then with far more filtering, but for those of you curious as to what a race filter looks for he does a good job describing some of the early features.

Screenshot Album (I'll get better ones later, wish I'd had a ss of the excavation with alt held down)

ASCENDANCY FILTERS:

Sovereign - General Preset

All Archetypes shown, Race currency toggle off. Tailored for endgame mapping.

Sovereign - General Race Preset

All Archetypes shown, Race currency toggle on. Tailored for party races.

Sovereign - Caster Race Preset.

Only caster weapons shown, 2L/3L/4L highlighting favors casters and caster gems receive extra highlighting in Descent: Champions and Endless Ledge. Race currency toggle on.

Sovereign - Bow Race Preset

Only bows/quivers shown, 2L/3L/4L highlighting favors archers and bow gems receive extra highlighting in Descent: Champions and Endless Ledge. Race currency toggle on.

Sovereign - Melee Race Preset

Only melee weapons shown, 2L/3L/4L highlighting favors melee and caster gems receive extra highlighting in Descent: Champions and Endless Ledge. Race currency toggle on.

CURRENT VERSION FILTER:

Sovereign - General Preset Non-Ascendancy This is the General Preset with the Ascendancy stuff commented out for those who want to take a look at the filter before the launch.

Note: All five of these are the exact same filter, just with different presets in the Options setting in each one. ALL these different configurations can easily be switched between with a little editing. Notepad++ highly reccomended. (I did not use Filtration at all as I started writing this long before Filtration was a thing).

Celebrity Endorsements: RaizQT has been using this filter since filters came out and cha_siu_bao has also been streaming with it the past few weeks. The filter has been race-proven time and time again by RaizQT, GucciPradas and myself.

I will always keep the most updated version of the filter at the forum thread: and on my twitch page description (even if I'm not actively streaming) at twitch.tv/sfhobbit (There will of course be an update within 24h of Ascendancy launch to account for any last minute changes).

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