Retrowow raid frame addons plus#
Retrowow raid frame addons series#

The next two addons were created by szandros, who obviously knows that the Blizzard raid frames needed a bit of a pep in their step when it comes to buff trackings and information sharing. It's a nice little addon that has simple text commands and makes the Blizzard raid frames that much more manageable.

Retrowow raid frame addons plus#

You've got commands to change the size of the icon and the transparency of the debuffs or buffs, plus wholesale commands for poisons, magic debuffs, or diseases. For instance, if you want the addon to show the Fieroblast debuff from the Alysrazor encounter, type /layover add Fieroblast, and the addon will begin tracking that debuff on the Blizzard default raid frames.

Retrowow raid frame addons series#

You can access Layover with /layover or /lo, and then use a series of text inputs to change around what you want the addon to look for while in combat. Layover is a simple addon that displays large icons over the Blizzard frames (only the new compact, Grid-like version) according to the player's specified customizations. Sure, the default setup has indicators, but what if you want bigger indicators? Buffs and debuffs should be as prominent as possible, especially in dispel-heavy encounters such as Alysrazor or that awful trash before Majordomo Staghelm. One of the issues with the Blizzard raid frames (Grid-style, naturally) is that they do not display pertinent information as clearly as I and many others would like them to. So sit back, relax, and check out these new additions to the Blizzard default raid frames. If you like options, these addons will add a ton of them to the Blizzard standard setup, making the entire package look a little more like Grid. Today, I've got three little additions to the default Blizzard raid frames that can help you with targets, marks, and debuffs. But there are ways, friends, of adding on to even the Blizzard default raid frame setup to give them just a bit more substance. Blizzard's new raid frames have not replaced my own custom job, but they have been getting progressively closer to a complete package, as I discussed only a few weeks ago. One of the great joys of writing Addon Spotlight is watching the evolution of addons and their relationship to World of Warcraft over time and how the effectiveness and usefulness of certain addons wanes and waxes like the phases of the moon. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond - your addons folder will never be the same. Each week, WoW Insider's Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface.