Shaman Mods

Binkenstein · 03/14/09, 7:02 PM

This will be the place to discuss Shaman centric mods, totem timers, or other things that have been customised to be useful to us, or are anyway.

First up, an existing mod, EventHorizon has had an Elemental module added to it. It currently shows LvB/CL cooldowns, FS dot time, and cast times for these + LB as well as a GCD indicator.

[edit]Remember to keep on-topic. No "I use X, Y, and Z mods" where all mods mentioned have been listed before.

Shields

ShieldsUp

Timers/Watchers

Totem Timers

Misc

Dragon-CR · 03/14/09, 8:12 PM

TotemTimers - Obligitory totem tracking mod, does nice things like warn you if you or raid members (and how many) go outside their effect radius.
RaidTotems - Effectively Shaman PallyPower, works with the above mod to coordinate shaman totems so you don't end up with 5 people dropping SoE and so everybody remembers to drop cleansing totems on Heigan.

Electrofreak · 03/14/09, 8:35 PM

I also use TotemTimers. In addition to the group-member tracking mentioned above, the integrated totem-dropping macro makes it a must-have IMO, and I prefer it over the other totem mods I've tried.

ShockAndAwe is a good DPS optimizer, using a modifiable priority list to notify you what your next action should be. I find it useful in encounters where you may be more focused on what is going on around you (a boss fight) than when all your cooldowns expire, when your MW5 is ready, or if your shields / DPS totems need refreshing.

Pawn, while not a Shaman-specific mod, is very useful to Enhancement Shamans who use the EnhSim calculator, as it can accept the output of the EnhSim's EP calculator and use it to show you an EP rating of any item in game on the tooltip.

Luc · 03/14/09, 8:51 PM

Originally Posted by Electrofreak

ShockAndAwe is a good DPS optimizer, using a modifiable priority list to notify you what your next action should be. I find it useful in encounters where you may be more focused on what is going on around you (a boss fight) than when all your cooldowns expire, when your MW5 is ready, or if your shields / DPS totems need refreshing.

Regarding this feature:
Would it actually be possible to code to have the spell icon that appears initially show up as soon as a global cool-down begins on the previous spell. Therefore giving your brain time to process seeing the symbol, recognising it, and knowing what hot key to press when the global CD finishes.

With something random like MW5, there may need to be a late change as a 5 proc occurs in the last few milliseconds before the global CD clears. If you miss the change, you can always fire it next action just same as when doing it manually.

As it is now, by the time the icon shows, it's already far too late to react to it.

Dragon-CR · 03/14/09, 9:01 PM

There's a thread for SAA in the EJ addon forum for suggestions like that.

Just found this one, sounds handy for heroism/bloodlust timing, TimeToExecute, estimates remaining combat time left, pop heroism at or before the 1 minute left mark or risk having a few seconds left when the boss is dead.

Electrofreak · 03/14/09, 10:06 PM

[quote=Luc;1149326]::Stuff about recommended changes to ShockAndAwe::[quote]

Originally Posted by Luc

Regarding this feature:
Would it actually be possible to code to have the spell icon that appears initially show up as soon as a global cool-down begins on the previous spell. Therefore giving your brain time to process seeing the symbol, recognising it, and knowing what hot key to press when the global CD finishes.

With something random like MW5, there may need to be a late change as a 5 proc occurs in the last few milliseconds before the global CD clears. If you miss the change, you can always fire it next action just same as when doing it manually.

As it is now, by the time the icon shows, it's already far too late to react to it.

The author of that mod is an active member of this forum; Levva. Last I've seen, he is very busy currently working on recoding the Enhancement module of the 3rd-party Rawr application, which I'll take the opportunity to recommend as well for any Enhancement Shaman (particularly when Levva is done with it, as I've had a look at a beta build and it is looking really good). Rawr is mod that calculates rough DPS and makes itemization recommendations using lots of nifty graphs and visual tools.

If Levva is continuing to work on ShockAndAwe however, he may be interested in your suggestion.

Razzberry · 03/14/09, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Dragon-CR

Just found this one, sounds handy for heroism/bloodlust timing, TimeToExecute, estimates remaining combat time left, pop heroism at or before the 1 minute left mark or risk having a few seconds left when the boss is dead.

Except there's an entire thread dedicated to explaining why popping Bloodlust early is better than while in Execute range.

Dragon-CR · 03/14/09, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by Razzberry

Except there's an entire thread dedicated to explaining why popping Bloodlust early is better than while in Execute range.

Yeah I know but as the thread points out theoretically it doesn't matter either way and my raid leader has a habit for calling for it late either way and instead of trying to convince him and 23 other people that early is better, I just make sure it goes off in time for late, but not too late.

Handyhoof · 03/15/09, 8:11 AM

The amount of totems we have available is unwieldy, so I suggest any shaman to get a totem management mod. I personally prefer Yata - Yet Another Totem Addon. It's slim and efficient.

B-Dawg · 03/15/09, 8:22 AM

Originally Posted by Handyhoof

The amount of totems we have available is unwieldy, so I suggest any shaman to get a totem management mod. I personally prefer Yata - Yet Another Totem Addon. It's slim and efficient.

I used to use Yata pre-Wotlk, but imo, the mod went downhill since. I stopped using it months ago, so not sure if all the bugs have been worked out of or if the options it was missing from the TBC build were re-integrated, but TotemTimers is a far superior mod. I use cooldowntimers2 to keep track of my rotation cooldowns by creating a seperate group for CL & LvB. I made the bars bigger and placed it right in the center of my UI. I'm usually starting right at the center of the screen anyway so no real way I can lose track of what is coming off cooldown, and if that doesn't work the spell icon flashes in front of your face too.

killamanz · 03/15/09, 8:53 AM

i use power aura to manage shields, very handy addon for ensuring your have buffs present

grouch · 03/15/09, 11:39 AM

ShieldsUp by Phanx, is a simple text monitor for your shaman shields.

Shows Earth Shield and Lightning/Water Shield charges
Shows Earth Shield target's name
Shows when someone overwrites your Earth Shield
Alerts when a shield expires or is removed
Hides Earth Shield charge counter and target name while solo, or always if you don't have Earth Shield
Configurable sound and text alerts supporting MSBT, SCT, and more
Configurable font, size, colors, transparency, and position
Supports Glyph of Water Shield, Improved Earth Shield, Static Shock, and any future talents or glyphs that alter the number of charges on any shield automatically

ShieldsUp : WoWInterface Downloads : Shaman

Krim · 03/15/09, 1:30 PM

I use Flo's Totem Bar.

This is the Mod in action: FTB

As you can see (it is a PTR screenshot) the mod hasn't been updated to include Cleansing Totem. Even if you have to click the totems, I like the mod: it's lightweight, shows all totems in a friendly manner etc. I use ElkBuffBars to show my Water Shield, Earth Shield, Lightning Shield etc and I use SCT's custom frames to display when Earth Shield has expired or has been dispelled.

Mman · 03/16/09, 12:22 PM

I have found that totem timer mods are generally lackluster at best. Usually they do way more than I actually want. I haven't really looked at them in a long time though. WotLK has kind of made it so that the default timers are enough (longer buff time, no need to twist any more).

What I would like is a simple bar indicator (like elkino buff bars) that would be accurately show the time left on the totems and would show if they were destroyed by anything. Anybody know if such mods exist?

Iku · 03/16/09, 1:17 PM

Originally Posted by Mman

What I would like is a simple bar indicator (like elkino buff bars) that would be accurately show the time left on the totems and would show if they were destroyed by anything. Anybody know if such mods exist?

GotWood - Addons - Curse does that. You'll probably have to modify some values in the lua though, as it hasn't been updated for WotLK.