Curse interviews Omen creator
by Mike Schramm 
Sep 27th 2007 at 7:05PM
Curse has a great interview up with Antiarc, creator of that Omen threat addon that you raiders like so much. He talks about how he got started in WoW addons (with this crazy awesome Zelda UI), dealing with WoW 2.0, and the big differences between KTM and Omen.It's a good read-- Antiarc seems like a smart guy who not only knows the ins and outs of the UI system, but knows how to bring them to our screens elegantly and simply. He's also really positive, which is great-- even though Blizzard said at BlizzCon that they're thinking about building a threatmeter into the UI, Antiarc doesn't see it as a "threat" (pun intended)-- instead, he's excited that Blizzard is acknowledging how useful threatmeters are, and that hopefully Blizzard will include API hooks into anything they release.
Very good read, whether you're just an Omen user, or someone actively developing addons for WoW.
Filed under: Fan stuff, Blizzard, Add-Ons, Interviews
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bess Sep 28th 2007 4:39AM
Thank you for linking this article. It's really good to read about someone who is positive and excited about the game especially someone who sees it from the programming/scripting point of view.
I've been using omen for a while now and it has been an absolute lifesaver (literally) for my bear tanking. I even use it on my hunter to make sure I'm not overwhelming my pet.
I won't even run an instance with a group unless everyone is using a threat meter anymore.