/played

It’s pretty mortifying to type /played.

If you want, log on your alts and check them too, or better yet: get the Altoholic addon which does it for you (amongst other [ more...]

Spamalyzer addon: can identify lag

A new addon Spamalyzer is available, which replaces the addon fubar_addonSpamFu.

Addons like GearScore (it’s badly coded) and Carbonite can spam the crap out of you when other people have them [ more...]

A hack that can bypass your authenticator!

There was a report of a user who suddenly had a memory error in WoW. After it crashed, he tried to log in again and had been hacked.

The answer has [ more...]

RankWatch: addon

RankWatch: this addon watches the rank of spells you or party members use. If it’s lower than the maximum available, it whispers them or mentions it to you. In levelling [ more...]

TidyPlates: name plates addon

I came across this today, TidyPlates, and it’s a great replacement to the periodically maintained, hard-to-configure Aloft. Note the version on Curse is older, so install it via wowinterface, not [ more...]

Boss Notes: useful addon

I have mentioned this great addon once before, Boss Notes (back in Sept 09). Those guilds going up against Putricide you might find it helpful. Saves alt-tabbing to whichever website [ more...]

New TankTotals includes new effective health

Progression tanks, before the next wing is opened:

I recommend you get this new version of TankTotals, get familiar with it, give the author some feedback and then use it when [ more...]

SexyMap and GatherMate addons

I’m levelling mining (for the stamina bonus and an income). At 400 now on my reroll DK. I use the SexyMap addon combined with GatherMate to get a HUD when [ more...]

DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons

Found some great addons too, but first a snippet on levelling:

I ran the no-epidemic unholy dps specs in the simulator for L68, to see how it scales at low gear [ more...]

TankTotals addon updated

One of my must-have addons, being a stats geek, is TankTotals.

It just got updated to v3.310 and is now compatible with patch 3.22.

If you’re not already using TankTotals, let me [ more...]

Worst GUI ever

Oh man, while googling for a screenshot of a paladin tank, I found this disaster of a GUI. Talk about information overload and obscuring vision. See if you can beat [ more...]

Addon: Boss Notes

I like this addon, Boss Notes. Gives you an in-game notebook for each boss.

Comes with dot-point reminders of the key things for Ulduar bosses, for example, and you can enter [ more...]

TankPoints and TankTotals

In case you haven’t checked, the new TankPoints is out a few days ago. It works correctly with 3.2 mechanics, but you have to edit the TOC file (to 30200) [ more...]

Dominos and Bartender

Action-bar customisation addons

I just switched to Dominos from Bartender. What really surprised me is it only took about five minutes to reconfigure. I had been worried.

It was fast because they [ more...]

Addon UI recommendation site: Vranx

A few times I’ve come across this site Vranx, most recently when looking for a replacement for Elkano Buffbars (I’m speculating  it’s causing this horrible drop to like 5 FPS [ more...]

Hiya Whitetooth, TankPoints on 3.2?

Aug 18: TankPoints r108 released (it includes the new 3.2 RatingBuster maths so it will calculate avoidance correctly), but not pushed with correct TOC yet. Just edit the TOC yourself, [ more...]

Argh

I hate errors like this. Error 132 and a bunch of meaningless codes.

So annoying and time wasting. Crashed during Ulduar 25 and server took nearly 10 minutes to realise I [ more...]

World of Logs: buffs gained

WoL has a very good feature which lets you see when important buffs are up on. I was checking a log for a mate on dk.info who was dying repeatedly [ more...]

Guild bank and inventory

I used to have an addon called Possessions which is no longer maintained, and finally decided to look for a replacement. I want to be able to search, by name, [ more...]

Raid leader: Matt's UI analysed

Matticus, a raid leader and prolific blogger, has written up his GUI which comments on the addons he uses. This is a great write-up because he’s a raid leader and [ more...]

Raid calendar management

Two key topics here:

(1) have a defined raid schedule

(2) make it easy for people to sign up and be invited.

Defined raid schedule

Setting the day of week and time for a [ more...]

Improving FPS and latency

Higher FPS in a raid means higher DPS and better reaction-time to events.

FPS: here is a new addon TweakWoW which lets you tweak settings (including a reduction in Dalaran lag, [ more...]

KT in a pug: testing leader addons

I just did a pug of last 3 Naxx-10 bosses on my alt hunter. Took the opportunity to test Debuff Enough, Ensidia Fails, Loggerhead, RaidBuffStatus, Skada and World of Logs. [ more...]

Raid debuff tracking: addon reviews

Having a raid leader or officer watch the debuffs on a boss can be a good idea. Back in the old days of 40-man raiding, debuff management was even more [ more...]

Raid buff checking addon, with taunt failure warnings: RaidBuffStatus

This morning I came across RaidBuffStatus. Update: I’ve since raid tested it and highly recommend this addon for raid leaders.

It provides intelligent raid buff checking prior to the pull, is [ more...]