Comments on: Think Like A Healer: Your Interface

By: ReversionLFM

ReversionLFM — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:37:24 +0000

I keep my vuhdo in the center left, off the edge so I can see party frames on the left of it and also see around it for more situational awarness. I have the party frames up on all characters and vudo up on all tanks and healers. Vudo is great for seeing who has agro and also targetting them for certain abilities like that pally taunt that hits three targets.

By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:40:18 +0000

I like to drag my vuhdo panel right close into the center left of the screen when I have to heal – but when I’m dpsing I leave it smack up against the left side of my screen (easier to ignore).

Placing large Vuhdo (25 or 40 man) frames under your feet/at the bottom center of the screen can be a dangerous thing to do if it covers up what you might be standing in.

I think Lathere has another addon though that actually changes the video output from WoW so that rescales her point of view and fills only the upper 3/4 of her monitor so that the bottom 1/4 isn’t covering up anything. Does that make sense?

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:58:43 +0000

Another Grid fan here, although I’ve not tried Vuhdo or Healbot. I used to use Pitbull but after endless tweaking of the raid frames and never being happy with the result, I figgered I might as well try something else. Since a lot of people I respect use Grid, that was my first choice, and I found it suits me well, at least for priest and shaman healing.

I also really like Tidy/ThreatPlates, it’s a godsend for tanking.

By: Analogue

Analogue — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:11:40 +0000

The best rule of UIs is “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. If Grid + Clique is working, that’s fantastic. I do love Vuhdo though; Iza keeps it very up to date and I like only having to update one mod, plus I can use its buff features to replace PallyPower for my paladin tank.

By: Jasyla

Jasyla — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:56:39 +0000

I want to give Vuhdo a try, but Grid+Clique is so ingrained in my raiding that I probably won’t switch off it unless a patch comes along that really breaks it.

I’m one of those who likes my raid frames on the bottom. I like to keep the center of my screen as clear as possible so I can see what’s going on.

By: Analogue

Analogue — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:10:37 +0000

See? We’re not crazy! At the bottom means I can’t see the fire I’m standing in. Or the globs of death coming at my head.
ThreatPlates is my latest addition, just in the last few days, and boy do I love it! I try to have elements of my ui that I can use for all my characters, from my mage to my tree to my prot pally, and ThreatPlates are going to join Vuhdo as a “useful to everyone” addon.

By: puggingpally

puggingpally — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:05:58 +0000

This makes me happy because I think you’re the first person I’ve seen in awhile that has a set-up very, very similar to mine. I also use Vuhdo, and I keep my bars in exactly the same place. I see many UIs where folks prefer to have them neatly at the bottom, but I’ve always found that having them right up in the action is better for me – it leads to less tunnel vision and far from blocking my view, allows me to stay out of death fires while doing my job. Of course I’m an off-spec healer now so Vuhdo is often shuffled down to the bottom while I’m DPSing, but it still plays a debuff sound if I need to help with decursing or poisons or whatnot. I’m due for some UI tweaking though, thanks for the inspiration.