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Old 03/26/09, 2:29 PM   #26
Mijae
Don Flamenco
 
Tauren Druid
 
Tichondrius
Originally Posted by Observer View Post
Is there an add-on that does, in some form, what RAWR does? I had an add-on in TBC that would add information to each item's tooltip indicating cat DPS, bear DPS, and bear mitigation. I'm sure many of the calculations were dumbed-down, but it was still fairly accurate and enabled me to tell at a glance whether an item would be significantly better than what I had, about the same, or significantly worse.

But I haven't found anything like that for WotLK, and it's a pain to open RAWR every time I see a new item (especially when leveling up).

*edit* I assume TankPoints does something like that and am installing it now.... is there anything for DPS in feral forms?
I know Nightcrowler said he was working on an addon based on his simulator. However, the closest thing available would be something like Pawn that you can enter stat values. I've always been against AEP in general, but it's the closest.

 
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Old 03/27/09, 1:22 PM   #27
Kirian
Glass Joe
 
Night Elf Druid
 
Proudmoore
Originally Posted by Yukizawa View Post
I believe I have fixed the errors when not on a druid / not in cat form in the latest release (0.9k). I think it's about ready to call 1.0 and then start tuning the algorithm it uses. Let me know if it doesn't work for you, it worked for my hunter.
Wickedgirl was right about strangeness going on with Mangle; FFF seems to be a problem too. (Both of these are PTR problems only.) Turning on "suggest FFF" throws a bunch of errors, and doesn't actually allow it to suggest FFF. Meanwhile, Swatter isn't catching any specific errors with Mangle, but it is never suggesting it as a move.

Here's the odd thing, though: I can tell that it's calculating correctly. With nothing on the target, there is no suggestion. No matter what I put up on the target, there's no suggestion... until I put up Mangle, after which I get move suggestions for the 12-second period Mangle is up, after which I get nothing until I apply Mangle again.

It's an odd behavior, and I think it has something to do with a change in the name of the spells: The spell "Mangle - Cat" on live has been reverted to "Mangle (Cat)" on the PTR. I tried editing your LUA to change all instances of these, but that didn't seem to help, so that can't be the entirety of the problem.

Anyone else seeing this behavior?

Thanks for a great addon!
 
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Old 03/27/09, 3:30 PM   #28
Castnicke
Glass Joe
 
Tauren Druid
 
Jaedenar (EU)
I'm looking for an addon that keeps tracks on clearcasting, a bit like what SquawkAndAwe does for Eclipse proccs. I remember reading about an addon like that but forgot its name.

Anyone know an addon that does that?

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Old 03/27/09, 5:27 PM   #29
Fasc
Von Kaiser
 
Night Elf Druid
 
Ysondre
I simply use PowerAuras to track procs, buffs, and debuffs on me that can happen sporadically so I can react appropriately. FaceMauler and BadKitty both have settings that show the giant clearcasting icon wherever you want for when it procs.

All of those are on the first post.
 
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Old 03/28/09, 12:17 PM   #30
kular911
Glass Joe
 
Night Elf Druid
 
Bladefist
I would also like to know which addon's would help with Feral Tanking as it's gonna be my duel spec, but the first time I tried it out it was quite frantic. I already have heroic/Naxx gear for my tank set, so I'm pretty sure its just my awareness and not the gear that made it so crazy!

Maybe sort the list of addon's into

Cat

Bear?
 
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Old 03/28/09, 1:39 PM   #31
PrayForDeath
Von Kaiser
 
Tauren Druid
 
Draka
Originally Posted by Castnicke View Post
I'm looking for an addon that keeps tracks on clearcasting, a bit like what SquawkAndAwe does for Eclipse proccs. I remember reading about an addon like that but forgot its name.

Anyone know an addon that does that?
Are you referring to the hidden CD on clearcasting or the proc itself? If you're referring to the proc, then any of the addons that Fasc suggested above would work. However, if you want to track the hidden CD like SquawkAndAwe does for eclipse, then you need to realize that it's not necessary to do so, as feral-procced OoC either has a very short hidden CD (like 3 seconds) or no hidden CD at all (forgot which it was honestly).

Originally Posted by kular911 View Post
I would also like to know which addon's would help with Feral Tanking as it's gonna be my duel spec, but the first time I tried it out it was quite frantic. I already have heroic/Naxx gear for my tank set, so I'm pretty sure its just my awareness and not the gear that made it so crazy!

Maybe sort the list of addon's into

Cat

Bear?
That's kind of a broad question. Are you looking for an addon to assist you with targeting, rotation, debuffs, cooldowns, or what exactly?

I personally use the following for Bear:

Aloft: customizes nameplates to suit your needs. I currently have it set up to display a yellow glow around mobs that I currently have aggro on so that I can easily tell if something slips by.

BadKitty: works for both Bear and Cat. The Bear version tells me if the target is missing FFF, Demo Roar, Mangle, Lacerate, and a few other things.

PitBull: unitframes addon. I also use it to track my debuffs on mobs as I have the enemy frames positioned near the middle of the screen.

Satrina Buff Frames: displays hostile debuffs as bars next to my character frame, and friendly buffs at the top right by the minimap.

Mik's Scrolling Battle Text: divided into 4 different zones around my character (top, bottom, left, right) based on the source. A bit transparent (except crits) so it doesn't block my view during raids. I have special warnings (plus sounds) set up for when my Mangle misses/is dodged/parried (and for many cat abilities, like rake, rip, maim, etc...)
 
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Old 03/28/09, 5:50 PM   #32
coldbear
Von Kaiser
 
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Night Elf Druid
 
Ravenholdt
Originally Posted by kular911 View Post
I would also like to know which addon's would help with Feral Tanking as it's gonna be my duel spec, but the first time I tried it out it was quite frantic. I already have heroic/Naxx gear for my tank set, so I'm pretty sure its just my awareness and not the gear that made it so crazy!

Maybe sort the list of addon's into

Cat

Bear?
<Insert mean and disparaging comment about you refusing to help yourself before asking questions.>

...But instead I took the opportunity to re-look my grouping and found a few mistakes that I'd made which needlessly raised the barrier-to-entry for people such as yourself. Your point is thus graciously taken.

Now, take ten minutes go to each of the webpages listed immediately under the Feral-Specific heading in the OP and familiarize yourself with them. Afterward you should have a much greater understanding of what you want and don't want in these mods you're looking for. Personally I use BadKitty (yes, it really should be named BadFeral or BadKittyBear or somesuch) for most of the info I need for both cat and bear, just set up in a way that gives me what I want when I want how I want.

Author of "Every Boss In The Game" (3.0.9), "100 Dead Death Knights", "Fun In Ulduar", "Guide: How To Feral DPS" videos:
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/pv.php?t=3&l=parl2001
 
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Old 03/30/09, 6:13 AM   #33
Bloodfeud
Glass Joe
 
Tauren Druid
 
Lightbringer
Originally Posted by coldbear View Post
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What happened to the addons list?

Or more directly, why was it deleted?
 
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Old 03/30/09, 6:54 AM   #34
Centarion
Von Kaiser
 
Night Elf Druid
 
Perenolde (EU)
I think it has to do with the idea people seemed to have when looking into this thread - these addons are meant to be little helpers for someone knowing what he does, and they surely don't replace reading what you should do.

So as more people joined in and asked which of the listed addons they should use, coldbear took the opportunity and assisted solving their confusion by just deleting away the roots of their problem.
 
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Old 03/30/09, 9:33 AM   #35
 Vykromond
massive treeps
 
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Tauren Druid
 
Turalyon
Originally Posted by Centarion View Post
I think it has to do with the idea people seemed to have when looking into this thread - these addons are meant to be little helpers for someone knowing what he does, and they surely don't replace reading what you should do.

So as more people joined in and asked which of the listed addons they should use, coldbear took the opportunity and assisted solving their confusion by just deleting away the roots of their problem.
And here I thought the OP was just childishly upset that he got an infraction for making a bad post.

Anyway, thread closed as I don't think it's really going anywhere at this point. If there's a lot more stuff to discuss, make a new thread, but as it is I don't think there's all that much more to discuss on the topic.

 
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