• Binkenstein

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

• NeedToKnow
• StatusBars2

Totem Timers

• Call of Elements
• GotWood
• RaidTotems
• TotemBox 4
• TotemTimers
• Yata

Misc

• OPie
• Power Auras Classic
• TimeToDie
• TimeToExecute

 

Dragon-CR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Dragon-CR

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

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

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

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

 

grouch

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

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

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

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.

 

slant

I use Statusbars2 for its excellent maelstrom weapon charge bars. I also keep a small click-through bartender4 bar with three buttons on it right above statusbars2, containing buttons for only stormstrike, earthshock, and lava lash, to monitor cooldowns and cut back on repetitive stress injuries.

I don't bother with totemtimers; instead I manually modify my castsequence macro whenever group/raid composition changes. If I ever seriously get into raiding with my shaman I expect that will change.

 

Retherok

For totems, I find that TotemBox 4: WoWInterface is a very useful addon that can take all your totems off your action bars and place them in a light and resizable window that is customizable for your role / spec (I have my most frequently used totems down the left side of the box.)

 

jasonf

Is there a way to make a Power Auras animation for Magma totem? I've tried it a few times but i guess since its not actually an aura the addon cant see it.

 

Fcukstar

I've been using Totemtimers to track the durations of my totems, as well as to identify who is within range, etc. I've found that this mod seems to have most of the functionality of the various other totem addons, however it does have one feature that sets it apart from the others: Enhance Cooldowns.

This module is basically a small, clean version of ShockAndAwe, which I find gives me too much information in a cluttered and confusing way. The main problem I have with SAA is that you can't see the cooldowns of your moves as part of the addon, so when it tells you what move to do next you have no time to start spamming the button beforehand to eliminate downtime. With the Enhance Cooldowns module I can easily see the cooldowns of all the skills in my rotation, as well as a small bar at the bottom that shows maelstrom stacks.

 

PhyerFly

Aside from Yata which has already been mentioned, one shaman mod that has stayed on my list of must-haves is Shaman Friend .

Its basically its just an event monitor that can tell you in CombatLog/SCT/Raid Warning frames when your totems expire, when you're missing weapon imbues, when you purge & ground spells. I personally use it mostly to get the combined Windfury tally in my SCT, but I also use some of its handy auto-announcements for when you want to broadcast interrupts or when you pop heroism or bloodlust.

I was never able to get that working either. I use Power Auras to show maelstrom stacks like combo points, feral spirit cooldown and which shield I've got up, but as much as I'd like it to there are some situations where the mod's options just make things impossible to track.

 

Trashbag

Totem mods just haven't been the same since TBC. I dunno what blizzard did with the API but the limitations mods work with today just sucks... I've since abandoned all my totem mods in favor of a number of 'alt/shift/ctrl' modifiers and a few cast sequence 'totem set' macros for the more common ones.

I must say though the raid range alert functionality of totem timers sounds appealing.


Right now, I'm using Power Auras as a way to track my shields, my weapon enchant, damage procs (dying curse etc) and also when I'm not in range of my woa/tow totems.

You can also add timers to the on screen displays, which I've set to show how long my damage procs last for/bloodlust and even have a timer counting down for when my lava burst is availiable.

 

Zensai

I use SAA, and GotWood... I have a question for those that are using things like TotemTimers. I don't understand why need this type of addon? An example of how I raid and PVP. I have a hotbar button assigned to V. And depending on what is going on, I have different TotemSet macro's. And inside of the macro I do the following "/castsequence reset=6 Strength of Earth Totem, Windfury Totem, Searing Totem, Mana Spring Totem" And I have several different variates, weather I'm in a BG, Raiding, PVP. I have to believe alot of people are doing the same thing I am. On top of the macro I have some of the totems listed above, as well as other ones that I use assigned to specific hotkeys so that I can deploy them mid stream on the fly. Just curious is all.

 

• Nagisamuro

Because it's easier than all that and results in less screen clutter. YMMV, of course.

 

Elix

Mods like Totemtimers really help people who are looking to not clutter their screen with every single button. As enhancement, I have 8 main buttons for rotations and another 8 with my main 4 totems + Magma and a couple of other things like purge, totemic call, etc and there are cases where I need to drop a certain totem for a certain part of the fight and it really saves the hassle of adding another bar.

An example would be how I twist Disease Cleansing with Mana Totem when doing the Heigan dance to get a little mana back for the healers. Then switch back to Disease during the platform phase. You can always argue that you can drag a totem to the bar before a certain fight but I guess a lot of people including myself have it for the pure convenience of just centralizing all the totem access in one place.

It also integrates with ButtonFacade which makes it pretty to people who care about that.

 

Kishkegelt

It is possible to use TotemTimers along with Yata for additional functionality.

Between the two, I always have two totems in each school that I can grab without thinking about it (using preset button assignments). I use the TT timers because they are somewhat superior, and I use the right-click function on the Yata bar to recall my totems.

Because you seldom need more than 2 totems per school available to you, this allows you to get pretty much all your totem functionality on-screen and easy to use in 8 buttons, with timers glued on.

Something else to consider is Opie OPie Home

In addition to using it to hide various functions that might otherwise clutter your UI or keybindings, you can use it to cast. I put my lightning bolt and interrupts on-click for my scroll-button on my mouse. I set the area where my mouse generally hovers to throw lightning bolt (most frequently cast spell) and if I need to earthshock or windshock I just jerk my mouse over or up and click the same button. Anyway, something you can play with to see if it fits your playstyle.