The Obligatory UI Post

It’s ironic, but I never did one of these for Elam.

I like this UI, mainly because I designed it all myself. There are a number of UIs I like more, but I play on a rather shitty computer with a not-huge monitor, so a lot of the more complex addon packages that people put up tend to be rather alien to me. Criticism is always welcome (and needed!) provided it’s respectful. I’m also quite aware that my keybinds are not as optimal as they possibly could be, but I’ve been hesitant to change them A)Because when I was playing Darwinism as an alt, it wasn’t necessary, and B) I have a Logitech G15 coming in the mail as a late Christmas present soon, and when that arrives I’ll be totally retooling my keybinds to make liberal use of the macro buttons.

Without further blathering, here’s the UI:

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I approached my ui with two big concepts in mind. A) I like symmetry. While specific things are not mirrored on both sides of the screen, both sides have a similar amount of information on them- one side isn’t bogged down while the other is free of stuff. B) Relevant information needs to be in the center. Cooldowns, Procs, Health, Who I’m targeting, Cast Bar, and (not pictured) Deadly Boss Mods bars are centered in the middle and bottom/middle of my screen. Why? Because that’s where my character is standing, allowing me to watch what I’m standing in while paying attention to the most vital information I need to continue DPSing. Going out from there is omen, which is just a short glance to the side. On the left side is TipTac, which is a detailed ToolTip addon which allows me to see a variety of information on mouseover- my favorite functionality of it is that it shows me who in the raid is targeting the same mob I’m moused over. Great for watching out for dastardly tunnel-visioning hunters and other unsavory sports. The farthest corners of my screen are: Bottom left is my chat, as it’s rarely needed while in combat. Bottom right is recount, which is useful for evaluating personal performance but not needed to be focused on in fight. Top left has Grid and (not pictured) my /range10 box, as Grid is mainly used for me to see who is dead and who isn’t, and my range finder is only needed in specific fights where I know to check it often. Top right is buffs, because I’m generally not staring to make sure I have blessing of might midfight, and I have powerauras set up for needed procs.

List of Addons pictured:

1. Dominos for bars
2. Prat is my chat addon.
3. Omen
4. Recount (Btw, don’t think the dps shown their is normal. I was hitting buttons trying to get procs and etc. to show off my power auras, not concentrating on priority and such. )
5. TipTac for Tooltips
6. Coolline and OmniCC. OmniCC provides large numbers down to the tenths of seconds for cooldowns, while CoolLine provides a visual reminder that the ability is coming off CD. I love them both.
7. Grid, and GridStatusRaidDebuff
8. Mik’s Scrolling Battle Text
9. Deadly Boss Mods
10. Pitbull. I had been using xperl until yesterday, but since 3.3 I’ve been plagued by critical errors while using it and gave up. Pitbull has me impressed so far.
11. Quartz for cast bars. Provides me with a small GCD spark, an autoshot timer, and a Steady Shot cast bar that shows me when I can start casting my next ability due to latency. Excellent addon.
12. PowerAuras. I can’t stress this addon enough. The auras I have set up are green semicircles that tell me the mob doesn’t have serpent sting on it, while the yellow one on the bottom tells me my ArP trinket has procced. Learn to love this addon.

That’s pretty much it. Hope you all enjoyed! I know my guild leader hates my ui, but hopefully she’ll see the rationale now.