Addons/UI

Information about addons and UI creation

AVR is Dead. Long Live the Bossmod

May 21, 2010

I don’t think it will be the only addon that breaks in 3.3.5, but all those who called it that Blizz would disable this mod should give themselves a pat on the back. I wrote about it last month, and I still believe that the addon does less to hamper the situational awareness of those who like the challenge, than it does to stop raid groups being held back by that friend who is otherwise wonderful but has difficulty distinguishing green abilities in a green room. This is a notice that we’re making changes in 3.3.5 in attempts to...

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A New Generation of Boss Mods?

April 23, 2010
A New Generation of Boss Mods?

Now every time someone mentions one of the big BossMods, a whole group of people will reel off something along the lines of “I don’t need no stinkin’ addons. L2P”. They may well be right. Perhaps they are able to pay attention to many things at once, and are able to monitor and react to such things perfectly as well as doing their maximum dps. Lucky them, and lucky for their raid group. EDIT: Totemz posted a very good post on the damage that relying on addons can do here. The demands of a true progression guild go beyond...

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Elemental Love Letter: Event Horizon

April 7, 2010
Elemental Love Letter: Event Horizon

Dear Event Horizon, Let me count the ways in which I love thee….. Or not, I don’t feel particularly poetic at the moment. Most caster DPS will extoll the virtues of Quartz castbar (with built in latency indicator for dealing with lag.) If you are raiding, you are likely to have DBM, Bigwigs or DXE installed. I don’t usually cover addons because I’m not a huuuge customiser of them, and I find I only need a select few. However EventHorizon was something of a game changer for me, when it came to managing DoTs. If you’re already happy with...

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