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Important healer addons?
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Post by
HighFive
Both Healbot and Grid create a grid of unit frames of your raid/party members. Healbot also has the functionality to bind clicks to cast different spells, while grid has an extremely customizable look. Neither are necessary unless you plan to raid.
If you use Grid and want the click-casting, get Clique or Click2Cast.
Decursive is another popular addon which makes dispelling your raid a breeze. However I believe both Healbot and Grid + Clique/Click2Cast can be set up so that you don't need it.
Another thing you might consider is setting up mouseover macros such as/cast Greater HealIf you are not familiar with the macros' syntax read this.
Post by
ArgentSun
I believe HighFive went over the important addons excellently. The only other thing you might want to do is Outfitter, so you can switch between different sets of gear instantaneously (feral/healing, prot/holy/ret, holy/shadow, mp5/crit, etc). It helps in ZA timed runs, where I was OTing, and had to change immediately in OHing gear, so we don't slow down. Nifty tool that is.
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HighFive
I believe HighFive went over the important addons excellently. The only other thing you might want to do is Outfitter, so you can switch between different sets of gear instantaneously (feral/healing, prot/holy/ret, holy/shadow, mp5/crit, etc). It helps in ZA timed runs, where I was OTing, and had to change immediately in OHing gear, so we don't slow down. Nifty tool that is.Oh yeah. I use ClosetGnome and couldn't live without it.
Post by
AnrDaemon
Question: can you please explain a bit about that macro?
It is supposed to be binded on key?
Although I'm shadow, I often going to heal and I got to use Bartender3 additional row settled to heal/debuff party and tank.
Using 4 macro like (LF's for better readability)
#showtooltip
/cast Abolish Disease;
Dispel Magic;
Power Word: Shield;
Heal
Then the same for "focus" (meant to be tank) plus set of
#showtooltip
/cast Renew
#showtooltip
/cast Flash Heal
#showtooltip
/use Heavy Mageweave Bandage
So, basically my layout is:
F1-F4 act on party, F5-F8 supports 'focus', F9 - AoE heal.
F10-F12 used for /rw spam, such as "AMBUSH" or "MANA FREAK", also "Assist focus" which is only button i'm using from bar if i'm in shadows.
I'd mention a "Mana Watcher" addon here. It is little silly addon better described as "idiot with a megaphone". Every time your MP goes down below certain percent, it yells a predefined phrase to /rw.
Don't know if HealBot has such function, still not using it. (i'm shadow, remember?)
<off>:) Got ClosetGnome as well, it's cool, especially it's emotes when switching gears.</off>
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AnrDaemon
Well, read macro once more, I understand it.
But for the sake of clarity, mixing mouseover, target and player unitId's is a no good. You absolutely can't predict where your spell will land. In general.
Means, mouseover is not the unit you are hovering over right now, but it is last one you were hovering. Even if there are no one hovered right now, it will not be cast on yourself, if last hover was friendly unit.
Post by
AxelF
As a pally healer I have a few usefull mods some have allready been put up.
Grid + Xperl they do merge so I use the Xperl grids its easier to see and the only neggitive is I cant see what my heals will heal them as in how grid does.
Also my no.1 mod is Clique and ive set it up with my left button as Fol and my right button on my mouse on HL with my middle buttion on Clense. I also have friends who use Ctr+ left to do stuff like Bop.
This is a great mod as its easier to click insted of clicking on a carecters box then on the spell. Only negitive is ive had to set up Alt+left to bring up the carecter menu to inspect but it isint a big neggitve.
PS dont forget to have Omen (threat), Big wings / deadlybossmods (to know when diffrent phases eg big damage happens) and ANY PLAYER to get WowMatrix it will auto update itself and update ALL your mods and you can get more mods with detalies on WowMatrix.
Hope this helps :)
Oh and I dont use macros but im only been doing T4 and 5 man instances.
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