Posts with tag UI Mods

This week we feature the UI of Nikkita, level 70 Gnome Warrior from the guild <Vagrant> on the US PvP server, Dunemaul. I must confess -- while there are parts of Nikkita's UI I would never use, I was especially glad to get this one. I've always said if I was going to jump to the Alliance side, it was going to be to play a Gnome Warrior. Something about the idea of a wee bite-sized Gnome tanking a boss as ridiculously enormous as Rags just makes me giggle. Apparently the fellow at the helm of Nikkita agreed that it was a fun idea!

Nikkita sent two screen shots just chock-full of UI for us. The above shot is him on the flying mount, checking out bags, quest items and quests before touching down. (I can't tell you how many times I've kicked myself for forgetting shards in the bank after raiding the night before... gah!) The second screen shot of Nikkita in all his raiding glory can be found after the jump as well as a really great listing of all the mods involved in this week's Reader UI!

Never fear, folks! We have heard your requests. Many folks figured since the Reader WoWspace column was back, it was time to check out some new Reader UI's too! So this week I've foraged through the spammy depths of the Reader UI mailbox, and returned to you with some screen shots, a story, and a rundown of the mods involved in this really fabulous, clean UI sent in by Taeo.

So for those of you looking for cool new UI ideas, or who just appreciate lots of clutter-free screen real estate, check out this week's submission after the jump!

I spent a while on the test realms yesterday checking out all of the new goodies in the 1.12 client. Some of these, like the new floating combat text feature, have come directly from popular community-created addons. I think, in may ways, I prefer the addons that are integrated game - that way, come patch day, the features I use regularly simply work, without need to tinker or download new code. However, custom addons provide a level of flexibility that's not present in Blizzard's own UI. With floating combat text, specifically, I may continue to use the original addon - Scrolling Combat Text - because I prefer being able to customize a little more than Blizzard's addition allows me to.

And what about all of you? Do you like to use addons - or even the sort that can't play when their addons aren't working right? Or do you prefer the low-maintenance of the default UI? And, whichever side you're on, do you like or dislike these new additions to the default UI?

I enjoy the little UI mods far more then the huge Cosmos or Titan mods. There is something about a program specifically created to remove an annoyance that I find delightful.

How many times have I rezzed and gone about my merry way, only to realize 5 or 10 minutes later that I forgot to recast my ore finder? It always really annoys me, because I have no idea how many veins I have missed in that time. FindRemind is a tiny little mod, and all it does is remind you to recast after a resurrection. A little dialog box pops up, you click Accept, and you never have to miss another ore vein or herb again.

[Thanks WoWvault]

I started using this on my Warrior this morning, and I was floored.

Basically it is a mod that allows Warriors to keybind a whole mess of useful things (like switching stances) and autocast execute, overpower, etc. This is great for soloing, but it really comes into it's own when tanking, because of the "help most wounded party member" and autocast Sunder Armor and Taunt. Any priest or other cloth user will love you for casting so efficiently. It is also hyper-customizable, which is great for having separate PvE and PvP load-outs.