Hunter: Useful Add-Ons/Mods - Page 10

Boomshalock · 05/01/09, 2:59 AM

With the change to sniper training, has anyone thought up or come across an addon that monitors the buff and maybe just displays a "Stop" 6 seconds before it fades?

My biggest gripe is the buff counts down from 15 seconds to seconds 9 before it refreshes instead if counting down once you begin to move again.

gokudbzss5 · 05/01/09, 4:47 AM

I have found myself looking mainly at my action bars instead of the boss, where most of my CD addons are located (power auras, shot and awe, etc), because of me not being able to correctly anticipate the GCD. I was wondering if anyone knows an addon that places a timer on the GCD (or how to configure an add on to do this).

erelenne · 05/01/09, 9:41 AM

as a new-to-raiding player, i am finding the information given in these posts invaluable...thank you so much!

Nagisamuro · 05/01/09, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by gokudbzss5

I have found myself looking mainly at my action bars instead of the boss, where most of my CD addons are located (power auras, shot and awe, etc), because of me not being able to correctly anticipate the GCD. I was wondering if anyone knows an addon that places a timer on the GCD (or how to configure an add on to do this).

Quartz has a GCD spark line thing. Works well.

*Global Cooldown

Displays a tiny spark-bar to show your Global Cooldown near the cast bar. Helpful for those who'd rather not squint at their action bars to see when they can cast again.

Iru · 05/01/09, 4:10 PM

AzCastBar does as well, although it may be in an addon pack, for those who are no longer fans of Quartz

It also has a swing timer if you're trying to autoshot while running from certain bosses.

awrr · 05/01/09, 5:20 PM

Originally Posted by Boomshalock

With the change to sniper training, has anyone thought up or come across an addon that monitors the buff and maybe just displays a "Stop" 6 seconds before it fades?

My biggest gripe is the buff counts down from 15 seconds to seconds 9 before it refreshes instead if counting down once you begin to move again.

Not really the fix you were looking for, but I just set up a new buff group in Elkano's BB that whitelists Sniper Training (and excludes everything else).

I've reduced the size/transparency and placed the bar right by my player unitframe. My uptime has been pretty easy to maintain using that.

Example:

If you're using EBB already, that method may work as a quick fix until you find an addon with the specific functionality you're looking for.

Boomshalock · 05/02/09, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by awrr

Not really the fix you were looking for, but I just set up a new buff group in Elkano's BB that whitelists Sniper Training (and excludes everything else).

I've reduced the size/transparency and placed the bar right by my player unitframe. My uptime has been pretty easy to maintain using that.

If you're using EBB already, that method may work as a quick fix until you find an addon with the specific functionality you're looking for.

That works perfect. Thanks!

dvorjak · 05/02/09, 2:37 AM

Are there any addons that merge the recount and omen windows?

KnThrak · 05/02/09, 4:48 AM

Originally Posted by dvorjak

Are there any addons that merge the recount and omen windows?

Not directly, but there exist threat modules both for Recount and for Skada (another damage meter).

Iru · 05/02/09, 7:05 PM

Skada will auto-toggle between DPS & Threat display: threat in combat & DPS out. Given that you don't care about Threat except in combat and that all threat meters use the WoW API these days, I find the combination perfectly workable. You can also have multiple skada windows open at the say time if you really want both all the time.

arlen · 05/02/09, 9:01 PM

Recount also auto-toggles between DPS and Threat when you have the threat module installed.

Sanicek · 05/03/09, 7:36 AM

Just rebuilt my UI and thought I would share some thoughts on matters discussed here.

Regarding the sniper training tracking - I am using Class Timer and you can easily add custom buff/debuff tracking in there, for example I added Sniper training, Lock and Load, Hyperspeed Acceleration (engi haste gloves), Reflection of Torment (Mirror of Truth proc buff) and Misdirection, its a great way to easily track your specific auras.

Event Horizon is simply an amazing addon, if you want to track any other spells that are currently not in there, just add it to the config.lua, follow the pattern and enter the spell ID of your desired spell. Easiest way to get one is go to wowhead, search for your spell and copy the ID from the url, it matches the game one, for example Concussive Shot (just as an example) is www.wowhead.com/?spell=5116.

Regarding global CD and threat watching (among many other very usefull options) I can suggest IceHUD, which has these as very configurable modules, if you do not like huds, you can even play with the settings and enable just few modules and move them around and shape, so you have just a bar for what you want.

Misdirection - I found the easiest way to do this is simply use Clique (I am using that plenty for my healing chars, for hunter the MD is probably the only useful thing), choose a mouse button (or with modifier combination) and you can MD by just clicking the unit frame of the tank with what you selected (I'm using middle). You MD without ever loosing your target or any other fuss, I found this to be the most comfortable solution by far.

Iru · 05/03/09, 4:34 PM

I love IceHUD but hate that it's Ace 2.0 based when everything else has moved to Ace 3.0. If UnderHood supported curved bars it would be almost perfect - having to set each item separately, e.g. setting the font on each text item, is still annoying.

Korghal · 05/06/09, 8:16 AM

An addon which I think deserves more attention is OPie. The basic idea of OPie is to cause a "ring" to appear on a certain key click. When this ring appears, you can drag the mouse in different direction, and each direction causes a spell to trigger. If you of you played Battlefield 2, it works just as the com radio. It's a bit hard to explain in text, but there is a video at the authors website that should explain everything.

Basically, what I think is so great with OPie, is that I can have all my aspects on one button, all tracking on one button etc. Before I installed OPie I had to either dedicate loads of keybinds to these rather similair spells, or key-click then (which I don't do).

The biggest disadvantage with OPie (when playing a hunter) is to change aspects while kiting. When I kite, I always use the mouse to point out my direction. This I cannot do should I require to change an aspect while running.

Anyways, I hope that some of you find it as helpful as I have.

OPie Home

When I re-read my posts is sounds almost like a marketing-ad, but it's not. I just use it and like it alot.

Aieda · 05/14/09, 3:46 AM

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