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"Salty" Duelist Dreamspirit's PvP/Arena FAQ : Q4

 
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Q4. "What mods do you use? Do you have a UI pack? Can you help me troubleshoot my mods?"

A. The mods I now use have stabilized a bit, and when I posted my WoW UI Mod Power Auras Mini Discussion Part 1 and Wow UI Mods for Resto Druid Power Auras BGs and More videos I detailed a bit more about Power Auras, Xperl, SpellWatch, and AlarBGHelper, but below is my full, ever-changing list. I looked these mods up simply by Googling them, so you might be able to find newer versions elsewhere. If you don't see a link listed, you will have to search for it on your own. :) Also keep in mind: as time has gone on, Blizzard has made it so that some of these will show up in BGs, but not in Arenas (CowTip no longer mouse-over displays an enemy's default "Spec" in the Arena, for instance):

Be aware: None of these links have been updated since before Patch 3.0.1 launched.

- Afflicted - Monitors enemy cooldowns.

- AlarBGHelper
- Assistant for Battlefields. Displays a small window with status information.
- Antagonist - Antagonist is a lightweight, easy-to-setup enemy cast bar addon utilizing Ace2. It tracks enemy cast and channeling times, buff durations and cooldowns.
- Bartender 4 - Bartender4 is an Ace2 AddOn to provide more flexibility and functionality to the Action Buttons.
- BigWigs - Boss Mod.
- Capping - BG Timer mod.
- Cartographer - Cartographer is a modular, lightweight, and efficient framework for manipulation of the world map.
- ClassTimer - This addon creates timers for buffs and debuffs.
- CooldownCount - Display Cooldown Count of Spell Icon and Items.
- CowTip - Tooltip of awesomeness.
- CT_BuffMod - Personal Buff and Debuff Monitor.
- DruidBar - Druid Bar is a movable mana bar that keeps track of your current mana, even in a shapeshifted form like bear or cat.
- Fubar - A panel that modules can plug into.(ArenaFu (Displays Arena info and Honor info), BagFu (Keeps track of space left in your bags), CharmsFu (Shows the lucky charms raid icons on Fubar. Includes an auto assign feature), ClockFu (A simplistic clock), NetStatsFu (A lightweight and minimalistic latency monitor))
- HearKitty - Plays soothing but distinct orchestral sounds when you gain and spend combo points.
- ItemRack -
This is a mod to make swapping equipment easier through popout slot menus, equip slot buttons, gear sets and automated swaps.
- Informant - Enemy information mod.
- Kgpanels - Panel mod.
- Omen - A threat meter.
- OmniCC - Personal ability cooldown counter.
- oRA2 -
oRA2 is a lightweight alternative for CTRaidAssist.
- Power Auras -This addon provides visual cues (auras) when you gain buffs, debuffs and many more.
- Proximo - Simple enemy unit frames for Arena matches used for identifying and coordinating targets
- Quartz -
Quartz is a modular approach to a casting bar addon.
- QuestHelper - Quest helper. Very awesome. :)
- RangeDisplay - Distance from yourself to enemies/focus targets displayed in numbers. Very helpful.
- Recount - Damange/Healing/etc. Meters.

- SCT - A fairly simple but very configurable mod that adds damage, heals, and events (dodge, parry, windfury, etc...) as scrolling text above you character model.
- SCTD - A mod that adds your damage to SCT. It provides a way for you to see your damage in a static location.
- SmartyCat - Keeps track of your Druids mana when in Cat or Bear form.
- SpellAlerter - A basic spell alert mod based off the original SpellAlert mod.
- SpellWatch - Customizable Spell Timers
- SW_Stats - A damage/heal (and more) meter addon designed to be very customizable in what you want to see with a built-in Sync channel that is running in the background.
- Xperl - A complete replacement for Blizzard's default unit frames, including raid frames and raid tools.
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ZMobDB Advanced5 - Animated 3D Models for UnitFrames and User original view Database (I also use this to "see" what gear people are wearing from far away).


Additional Mods I used to use but are now sadly broken include:

- Don't Mana Burn Me, Bro! *Broken* - Warns of incoming mana burns with an audio and visual cue. (You also used to be able to rewrite it so you could be warned of incoming cyclones, fears, etc.).
- EavesDrop *Broken* - A simple combat log that displays events similar to how SCT/D would in a log, using icons to display spells/skills. It seperates incoming events (left side) from out going events (right side) from misc. events (middle).
- SpellAlert *Broken* - Spell Alert is add-on that alerts the player when hostile players or mobs start to cast spells. The alert will be shown in big font in the center screen. Player then have the choice to break the spell or avoid the spell. This claims to be a refurbished version but I have not tested it yet.

I do not have a UI pack out, and built my own UI from the ground up through a heavy amount of experimentation. One of my big suggestions is play around and see what works best for you. :) For instance: the beautiful little 3D portraits Xperl offered were really distracting to me, so I ended up turning them off.

If you are having problems with a particular mod, I would suggest clicking on one of the above links or Googling the particular mod to see if you can find the answers to your question.

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