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Old 06/29/07, 11:18 AM   #1
Midnight
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Ysera (EU)
Buff Reminder AddOn

I remember from the time when I used RDX I had a customized window showing me a list of everyone in range and in the raid/party not having a certain predefined buff (eg Mark of the Wild as druid). I then could simply click on a name in the list to buff that buff to the named Person and the name vanished from the list. If the list was empty (meaning everyone had the buff) the window was completely hidden.

Now I don´t really want to install the while RDX package just to get this feature (though I assume it´s still possible with RDX) but I wonder if there´s another standalone addon or plugin for another addon that does the same.

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Old 06/29/07, 12:16 PM   #2
Aranan
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I'm currently using Grid and the plugin GridStatusMissingBuffs to achieve a similar result. Bascially, you set up the buff package that you want to check for. My setup shows the AI icon on anyone's Grid box when they're missing either AI or AB, but it ignores rogues/warriors.

A druid would set up something similar for MotW/GotW and could even have all the warriors/druids/paladins show when they're missing thorns. Just like any other aspect of Grid, you can have it display the information as an icon, corner dot, frame border, etc.

Everything can be found at files.wowace.com.

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Old 06/29/07, 12:38 PM   #3
Zantigra
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Another mod that I like to run for that type of solution is XRS (formerly XRaidStatus).
It's also an ace mod like the one mentioned above.

This shows up as a panel with configurable icons for each buff and you can left click the icon to buff it to whoever doesn't have it. If you hover over it, it will show who doesn't have that buff and what group they are in. (You can restrict class/group per icon as well)

Another benefit with this mod, is there are bars that can be added to show anything from healer mana to number of people who are offline within the raid.

If you are trying to push people to get buffs finished, it has a Buff check which reports in raid chat who doesn't have what buff (also configurable).

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Old 06/30/07, 5:08 AM   #4
Midnight
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Thanks for the replies. As I´m using Pitbull for my raidframe so far Grid might be a bit of an overkill just for the sake of the buff reminder. I´ll propably give it a try as complete healer raidframe sometimes in the futer though. For the time beeing I´ll follow Zantigras advice and try XRS.

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Old 06/30/07, 9:18 AM   #5
Muggins
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Disregard this post, found what i was looking for with search.

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Old 07/05/07, 9:39 AM   #6
Midnight
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I tried XRS now and while it kind of does what I asked for I´m not really happy with it. I don´t really care about the Raids mana or ready checks so the addon is a bit out of the scope of what I want.
Also the thing I liked about my RDX implementation was that it automatically hid itself whenever everyone in my party/raid had the specified buff running. This meant I could place the window rather prominent and central position on my screen so I wouldn´t miss it if someone needed the buff. XRS on the other hand is always shown so I have to put it somewhere less obtrusive on my screen and risk missing if someone needs a buff even more so as I have to mouseover the icon to see if/who actually needs it.

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Old 08/07/07, 8:14 PM   #7
Arlak
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Anvilmar
Originally Posted by Muggins View Post
Disregard this post, found what i was looking for with search.
I'm looking for something like this as well, what did you end up finding?

Last edited by Arlak : 08/07/07 at 10:00 PM.

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Old 08/17/07, 2:44 AM   #8
aloneball
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Aggramar (EU)
Im intersted in such an addon as well

Could u please post name of the addon u ended up with?

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Old 08/18/07, 5:40 AM   #9
Malevalon
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Originally Posted by Midnight View Post
Thanks for the replies. As I´m using Pitbull for my raidframe so far Grid might be a bit of an overkill just for the sake of the buff reminder. I´ll propably give it a try as complete healer raidframe sometimes in the futer though. For the time beeing I´ll follow Zantigras advice and try XRS.
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but I use PitBull raid frames as well and use a somewhat custom version of the Aura module to show me missing raid buffs. Since you use PitBull, you probably know how to enable Aura and turn on buff filtering (both simple options). Since I'm a Mage, this (by default) only shows me AI/AB/Amp/Dampen on friendly units. If you open the primary Aura lua file (/PitBull/Aura/Aura.lua) in a text editor, you can scroll down to your class and add any buff you want into the "friendBuffs" portion of the dictionary.

So for me, I change
friendBuffs = {
   [BS["Amplify Magic"]] = true,
   [BS["Arcane Brilliance"]] = true,
   [BS["Arcane Intellect"]] = true,
   [BS["Dampen Magic"]] = true,
}
into something more like

friendBuffs = {
   [BS["Amplify Magic"]] = true,
   [BS["Arcane Brilliance"]] = true,
   [BS["Arcane Intellect"]] = true,
   [BS["Dampen Magic"]] = true,
   [BS["Mark of the Wild"]] = true,
   [BS["Gift of the Wild"]] = true,
   [BS["Power Word: Fortitude"]] = true,
   [BS["Prayer of Fortitude"]] = true,
   [BS["Power Infusion"]] = true, -- so i can yell at who didn't give it to me
   [BS["Innervate"]] = true, -- ditto :)
   -- add your own buffs here, like Spirit, Shadow Protection, etc
   -- if the buff isn't on, it doesn't show up, so there's no harm adding a bunch
}
Is it perfect? No. Does it get the job done without the additional headache of new mods / more used screen space? Yes, absolutely. The same trick holds true for watching specific debuffs on your enemy targets, though I use pDebuffList now to take care of that for me

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Old 08/28/07, 9:08 PM   #10
Ana
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Proudmoore
I use RABuffs for this. I think it's very similar to what you are looking for.

RABuffs | World of Warcraft @ Curse

It's not an ace mod, like most of mine are, but in this case I don't care. The functionality and compact design are great for keeping track of buffs and refreshing them. And it lets me keep all my indicators on grid for healing type information.

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Old 09/10/07, 3:44 PM   #11
Nekrataal
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Orc Death Knight
 
Antonidas (EU)
If you are using FuBar you might also try CorkFu. Works pretty straight forward for me.

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Old 09/10/07, 5:37 PM   #12
Velcrow
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Night Elf Druid
 
Dragonblight
You could also try WoWInterface Downloads : SmartBuff. It will remind you to buff yourself, other players and apply party wide buffs a configurable time period before they expire. You can buff/rebuff by just rolling the mouse wheel.

Package also includes SmartDebuff, which you can use or disable.

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