Comments on: Retribution Paladins – Addons

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:33:59 +0000

Just thought of this if you guys have any macros that you are willing to share please post them on here

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:17:19 +0000

Here’s a few mods I can’t live without.

1. MikScrollingBattleText
This mod is like the default Battle Text on steroids. Everything is neatly organized and color-coded for optimal efficiency and comprehension. For example: Damage incoming is scrolling on your left, while the damage you do is scrolling on your right. Plus, “proc” abilities like Art of War pop up above your toon, while a nice message (” is ready!”) notifies you when your abilities are off CD.

2. OmniCC
This mod adds a visual coutdown timer on your action bar to let you know how much time you have left for them to come off CD. Very handy for timing things like Divine Plea.

Other than that, I usually roll with BigWigs (another “boss mod”), Pally Power, and a few others that don’t apply to my paladin.

By: JeD

JeD — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:12:19 +0000

Watcher … absolutely the best for FCFS. Note, I don’t stick to FCFS. You have to know with throw ‘em, when fold ‘em, know when to walk away … know when to run. But it’s nice to be able to watch the battle and my cooldowns just under what’s going on rather than the button bar.
NeedToKnow … great for monitoring those gear Procs and Art of War

By: Fuzzyywuzzyy

Fuzzyywuzzyy — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:34:03 +0000

It’s an amazing addon(CLCRET). It allows you to track cool downs right on your FCFS visual and it works a LOT better than Serious Help In Timing.

You can even add buffs to it so you know if you have the wrong buff/aura/missing buff or aura/etc…

By: Khor

Khor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:06:45 +0000

I know several people that use CLCRET…maybe I’ll have to do some more research and get a post up on it!

By: RetForever

RetForever — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:27:48 +0000

I am currently using CLCRET and it’s awesome, it allows me to do my fcfs rotation perfectly without having to watch the actionbar and the cd’s on every spell. Basically what it does is it indicates what spell you should cast next and also the next one after that, depending on your priority list. You can set up your own priority order, almost every spell is included (divine plea too), and it will always show the highest priority spell thats off cd or is coming off cd first. This lets you keep your eyes on the battle and quickly glancing at the indicator when you need to. It works for prot too.

By: Zavaris

Zavaris — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:19:05 +0000

I’m the type of person who likes to completely change their UI. I use a lot of different addons at a time just to change up things including all the ones that Khor recommends. The most helpful though is pError. You use this nifty addon to filter out red messages that appear at the top of your screen. You are too far away! Target needs to be in front of you. You are facing the wrong way! Sound familiar? Deadly Boss Mods is set by default to place warnings right where those annoying red messages are. Sometimes they overlap DBM while I’m mashing keys. pError lets you filter them out so you can see who just got Swarming Shadows on Blood Queen and fails at running away.

By: Lyreth

Lyreth — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:20:27 +0000

@ RetPally,

I completely agree. There is no need for rotation addons, or anything like that. All encounters are circumstantial. Don’t get tunnel vision, pay attention to HP/MP, and rotate abilities as you NEED. If I’m in the middle of a long boss fight sometimes I’ll just wait a cooldown for my judgement just so I’ll get 1k mana back and be able to throw out tons of more high damage abilities back to back. You only need addons that tell you what is happening in the encounter, not what you should do. Everyone should know what they are doing prior to stepping up to the plate.

By: RetPally

RetPally — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:41:22 +0000

Hmm I installed it just now, will test it in a bit, not sure if it will work for me, I base my rotations on circumstantial events, boss moving away, do exo/HoW, low mana, use judgement before doing another CS/DS. Low on health > DS, factors like 1 or multiple targets also determine my next spell/ability.

By: incrusiable

incrusiable — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:24:19 +0000

hmm ive never had to use omen because for some reason i never pull threat i know im doing rotation correctly but seriously i NEVER pull threat(except once on onyxia) one other addon that isnt specificaly for retadins but i love to use is xperl xperl changes your player bars and has a function to display your raid as well so you dont have to use a bunch more space for grid. another good thing is the fact that you can have it only display a certain type of person like if its a really tank intensive fight or a fight that the healers get close to dieing alot u can select to have it show only warriors or only pallies or a combonation of classes