Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mmmmmmmm....

Via Cynwise: a pointer to the add-on Healers Have To Die:

This addon looks through your combat log to see who’s casting healing spells around you; if it detects that a player has cast a healing spell, it puts a big red cross over their nameplate.

Yes. Yes. YES.

I didn't even make it through the entire sentence before I had this downloaded and installed.

I mean... holy cow! There are PvP add-ons?

I honestly have never, ever thought of looking for a PvP specific add-on. I've got a good 14-15 add-ons for questing, dungeons, raids, the auction house, crafting, and general play... but not once have I ever thought, "Oh, hey. Maybe I should go looking for an add-on to solve this problem I'm having in PvP."

No. I'm not bragging about my l33t skillz. I'm confessing that, with regards to PvP, I think that I've been a particularly dull and uninteresting sort of idiot.

PvP add-ons. Wow. It's like... it's like... just, wow.

Read the whole article - it's an interesting discussion of add-ons and the attitudes towards them, done very well (as Cynwise is wont to do).

2 comments:

  1. I'm also a big fan of OmniCC (for CD tracking), NeedToKnow (for tracking EVERYTHING), SaySapped (obviously) and DRTracker if you're anal about tracking your diminishing returns.

    DBM has a great PvP component (the only reason I still run it, to be honest) which provides timer tracking and FC tracking.

    Glad you found the article interesting!

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  2. Thanks! I'm going to have to check some of those out. I had a lot of fun in Wintergrasp during Wrath, and I'm starting to enjoy Tol Barad as well now. Anything that helps me get a better grasp of the tactical situation during a fight will be awesome.

    In trying out some 5v5 war games, I've noticed that I do a *lot* better in small-scale PvP - largely, I think, because I don't get overwhelmed by what's going on. I really enjoy the energy and pace of a big battle, though.

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