Option to Show Icons on top of each other #21


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  • Enhancment
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Assigned to ardentvark
  • _ForgeUser1897517 created this issue Jan 8, 2010

    What is the enhancement in mind? How should it look and feel?

    Alternative display option that would allow user to see icons that are stacked on top of each other, rather than the current method of display swapping.

    Please provide any additional information below.

    The issue --- a lot of time two or more spell debuff icons (target) will end up on same timeline countdown. The current method of display swapping is working, but it does require the player visual training. On critical refresh cycles where u want to nail the cast time it might be better to show these conditions using some type of display offset (top/bottom with a leader?).

    As an example, I will describe what a Shadow Priest needs to do:
      -- once all DoTs are rolling on target, we need to ideally,
         1) recast Vampiric Touch at 1.3sec (depending on hasted cast time). We don't want to clip its last DoT tick and we don't want to be late on reapply.
         2) recast Devouring Plague (instant) as soon as it falls off the scale. Again we don't want to clip and we don't want to be late on reapply.
         3) channel Mindflay to refresh the DoT Shadow Word:Pain. If this DoT gets below 2.5-3sec it most likely will fall off the target and then we would need to waste time to recast it.

    Currently I am using Sexycooldown with two bar timelines.  One is for longer cooldowns that are not as critical and the other is for a limited set of critical spell debuffs and spell CDs. To help with the above situation, I am also using a trigger addon called TellmeWhen that show the spell icon if it is available or the debuff is not on the target. I would like to eliminate that Addon as it seems redundant, but with the current methods used by Sexycooldown, I have found that missing a recast (or delaying a cast) can happen more than once per fight, which is not ideal.

    Anyway, if you can give this some consideration, I would appreciate it.

    Thanks

  • _ForgeUser1897517 added the tags New Enhancment Jan 8, 2010

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