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Post by
ryansmith18
Just trying to get an idea of how everybody configures their favorite healing interface, regardless of which one it is. Not looking for directions here, just genuinely interested in how the rest of the community runs things.
Do you like to have player's health represented as a percentage, current health total, or the deficit of health from max?
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Post by
Nazeka
I use X-perl set to display HP like this:
Current/Max (Deficit)
Post by
Erethzium
I have Grid set to its default deficit, it shows the name if the person is above 80% HP, and then shows the deficit from max HP when they're below that.
Post by
Vaeku
I haven't configured HealBot too much, but on it all I have showing are the player name, the health bar, and whatever HoTs I put on them as well as any debuffs I can dispel.
Post by
Pachuca
I use X-perl set to display HP like this:
Current/Max (Deficit)
Same, except I use AG Unitframes (minor difference).
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Post by
karlusdavius
UI is in my sig
Post by
rainkeltoia
I just switched to vuhdo recently and have it configured similar to how my grid was, boxes in class colors, debuffs I can dispell, number and a bar that changes to show life loss.
Post by
MegaVolt
Healing meters and raid frames are something different.
The healing meter is the healing done tab in your Recount. Watching that in a fight isn't really beneficial.
Your raid frames is what you are watching and what you are talking about.
I use Grid with 2 center text lines, the upper one displaying health deficit in an absolute way, the lower one incoming heals. The fill height of the box then gives the health as percentage of total health.
Corner icons give information about effects on the target (like Weakened Soul, PoM and Renew).
Post by
Mugzly
One important aspect of this that many people left out is the location of your healing frames. By default, most people line em up on the left side of the screen. I feel that this location is a bit distracting. As a priest you're watching those little frames pretty hard...checking your PoM and renew, dispelling and all that good stuff.
So I recommend moving your grid/healbot/vuhdo/whatever you like to use to the bottom center of the screen under your character. This lets you watch everyones frames while still being able to see the fire you're standing in!
Karlusdavius's UI shows what I'm talking about. His grid (I'm pretty sure its grid) frames are right under his character :P
Post by
ryansmith18
Healing meters and raid frames are something different.
The healing meter is the healing done tab in your Recount. Watching that in a fight isn't really beneficial.
Your raid frames is what you are watching and what you are talking about.
Yes, but I said "health meters," not "healing meters." Not trying to get technical too much, but there is a difference there. But yes, to eliminate any further confusion, we are specifically talking about raid frames. Changed the subject/title to reflect this more accurately.
Thanks for ya'lls responses so far. I actually hadn't heard of VuhDo until now. Gonna try that one out tonight. And I 100% agree with Mugzly about the placement of the frames. I found keeping them in the top left section of the screen to be cumbersome when compared with keeping them in the center of the screen just below my character. The less your eyes have to move around, the less frantic you will be in a raid.
Post by
Skadja
I keep my raid frames just to the left of, and slightly higher than my toon. This allows me a good view of what I'm standing in.
I favor my own mouseover macros + keybinds. After trying a bunch of add-ons, my favorite is Shadowed Unit Frames. I've been using it for 2 weeks and am
very
happy with it. Doesn't do anything more than I want it to, and the little extra info it is capable of displaying is easily turned off.
I have it set up to show me a very small name-bar with the
name
in class color, a small green healthbar - oriented horizontally, and underneath that a pretty much 1 pixel high mana-bar. In a low-damage phase, I can look at the raid's mana and determine whether to use Hymn of Hope.
If someone's out of range, their frame is very transparent.
I tried using healthbars colored for the player's class but I found that,
for me
, it slows my reaction time. When I do an overview glance of the bars, I want to see bars that are either all the same color or colored according to need. If the bar turns red at low health percentages, then that's information that's related to the player's health and doesn't slow me any. I do not want the healthbar itself showing me anything that is
not
related to the player's health. Different people process things differently, though, so class-colored healthbars may be
perfect
for some!
I also currently, in
raid
have it set up to show me, in absolutely tiny icons just under the manabar, only 3 things; Power Word: Shield, Weakened Soul, and Prayer of Mending. I plan to add Renew and certain important raid debuffs such as Mark of the Fallen Champion, and Boiling Blood tonight -- just wanted to get accustomed to things first.
I cure with Decursive.
For pets, I just pull out a standard blizz frame and stick it under my own player frame on the upper left.
I also display a Focus frame, placed somewhere out of the way. PoM is handled with an overrideable Focus macro, and I set up a focus macro for each tank and switch as needed or at my own discretion. This way I can fire PoM off while my mouse is still hovering over my current or next target. I can hit shift to choose my current mouseover target for PoM, should the need arise. Alt will place it on myself (BONE STOOOOOOORM).
Eeew, text wall.
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