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06-12-2009, 01:21 PM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/06/zz2d526a81.jpgAddon Spotlight (http://www.wow.com/category/addon-spotlight) takes a look at the little bits of Lua and XML that make our interfaces special. From bar mods to unit frames and beyond, if it goes in your Addons folder, we'll cover it here.
A reader wrote in a few days ago with the question "What add ons would you consider helpful/essential for a new raid leader?", and as a raid leader myself, I thought it was such a good question that I'm devoting this Addon Spotlight to it.
Deadly Boss Mods
Boss mods are very helpful for all raiders, of course, but particularly crucial for raid leaders, who need to call out when raiders need to do things. If you're not familiar with boss mods, they basically aim to tell you any information about boss abilities that you might need to know during a fight. For instance, on XT-002, boss mods will tell you if anyone has a bomb debuff, when XT is about to throw a Tantrum, how long the heart has left, and so on.
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A reader wrote in a few days ago with the question "What add ons would you consider helpful/essential for a new raid leader?", and as a raid leader myself, I thought it was such a good question that I'm devoting this Addon Spotlight to it.
Deadly Boss Mods
Boss mods are very helpful for all raiders, of course, but particularly crucial for raid leaders, who need to call out when raiders need to do things. If you're not familiar with boss mods, they basically aim to tell you any information about boss abilities that you might need to know during a fight. For instance, on XT-002, boss mods will tell you if anyone has a bomb debuff, when XT is about to throw a Tantrum, how long the heart has left, and so on.
Continue reading Addon Spotlight: Essential addons for raid leaders (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/12/addon-spotlight-essential-addons-for-raid-leaders/)
Filed under: AddOns (http://www.wow.com/category/addons/), Raiding (http://www.wow.com/category/raiding/), AddOn Spotlight (http://www.wow.com/category/addon-spotlight/)
Addon Spotlight: Essential addons for raid leaders (http://www.wow.com/2009/06/12/addon-spotlight-essential-addons-for-raid-leaders/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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