best addons for a mage

On Jan 21, 2:14 pm, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirls....RemoveThis@subhuman.net> wrote:
> I've played with a few (The ones that are bundled in Cosmo + the
> essential Omen threat meter), but am I missing a trick? Are there any
> add-ons that you think are essential for mages?
>
> --
>
> x theSpaceGirl (miranda)
>
> http://www.northleithmill.com
>
> -.-
>
> Kammy has a new home:http://www.bitesizedjapan.com

Don't know what your other addons do, but an addon like Dotimer can
track your cooldowns, as well as give you a visual time representation
on your sheep, making it easier to know when you need to re-sheep.
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lcpltom <lcpltom.RemoveThis@gmail.com> writes:
>On Jan 21, 2:14 pm, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirls....RemoveThis@subhuman.net> wrote:
>> I've played with a few (The ones that are bundled in Cosmo + the
>> essential Omen threat meter), but am I missing a trick? Are there any
>> add-ons that you think are essential for mages?
>>
>> --
>>
>> x theSpaceGirl (miranda)
>>
>> http://www.northleithmill.com
>>
>> -.-
>>
>> Kammy has a new home:http://www.bitesizedjapan.com

>Don't know what your other addons do, but an addon like Dotimer can
>track your cooldowns, as well as give you a visual time representation
>on your sheep, making it easier to know when you need to re-sheep.

Spellcraft is good for saving button real estate, one part of it
creates a button that allows you to do any of your teleport/portals.

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Merlyn LeRoy
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There's one called Control Freak that takes the macro writing out of
crowd control. It'll let you sheep something, and keep an eye on it,
while you keep something else targeted.
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On Jan 21, 3:38 pm, Brian Westley <west....DeleteThis@visi.com> wrote:
> lcpltom <lcpl....DeleteThis@gmail.com> writes:
> >On Jan 21, 2:14 pm, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirls....DeleteThis@subhuman.net> wrote:
> >> I've played with a few (The ones that are bundled in Cosmo + the
> >> essential Omen threat meter), but am I missing a trick? Are there any
> >> add-ons that you think are essential for mages?
>
> >> --
>
> >> x theSpaceGirl (miranda)
>
> >>http://www.northleithmill.com
>
> >> -.-
>
> >> Kammy has a new home:http://www.bitesizedjapan.com
> >Don't know what your other addons do, but an addon like Dotimer can
> >track your cooldowns, as well as give you a visual time representation
> >on your sheep, making it easier to know when you need to re-sheep.
>
> Spellcraft is good for saving button real estate, one part of it
> creates a button that allows you to do any of your teleport/portals.
>
> ---
> Merlyn LeRoy

You could do the same with a macro I believe.
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On Jan 21, 7:14 pm, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirls....RemoveThis@subhuman.net> wrote:
> I've played with a few (The ones that are bundled in Cosmo + the
> essential Omen threat meter), but am I missing a trick? Are there any
> add-ons that you think are essential for mages?

Omen is probably the only one that is absolutely *essential* (though I
don't mind playing old-style now and again, which you are effectively
doing if the tank doesn't have it). Here are the others I have found
very useful:

Quartz: Optimise your cast-time to maximise your DPS. As a bonus, it
also monitors your sheep.

Decursive: A row of buttons, one for each party member or pet, which
light up when they are cursed or charmed. Left-click to decurse,
right-click to sheep. Amaze your team-mates by being the only mage
they know who actually decurses in combat.

Geist: 25 extra buttons for your portals etc. that appear at a key-
press. Other similar options are available, this is just the one I
happened to install.

SWStats and Recount. Both have good points, both have flaws, so
install both. Study the information to find out how you can perform
better.

TrinketMenu: Not that important, but handy if you switch trinkets a
lot, or use trinkets with long cooldowns, where the auto-switch option
comes in handy.

- Gerry Quinn
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lcpltom <lcpltom.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> writes:
>On Jan 21, 3:38 pm, Brian Westley <west....RemoveThis@visi.com> wrote:
>> lcpltom <lcpl....RemoveThis@gmail.com> writes:
>> >On Jan 21, 2:14 pm, SpaceGirl <nothespacegirls....RemoveThis@subhuman.net> wrote:
>> >> I've played with a few (The ones that are bundled in Cosmo + the
>> >> essential Omen threat meter), but am I missing a trick? Are there any
>> >> add-ons that you think are essential for mages?
>>
>> >> --
>>
>> >> x theSpaceGirl (miranda)
>>
>> >>http://www.northleithmill.com
>>
>> >> -.-
>>
>> >> Kammy has a new home:http://www.bitesizedjapan.com
>> >Don't know what your other addons do, but an addon like Dotimer can
>> >track your cooldowns, as well as give you a visual time representation
>> >on your sheep, making it easier to know when you need to re-sheep.
>>
>> Spellcraft is good for saving button real estate, one part of it
>> creates a button that allows you to do any of your teleport/portals.

>You could do the same with a macro I believe.

I used to do it with macros. I needed two macros, one for shattrath
teleport/portal and one for everywhere else, using shift/ctrl/alt
for all the combinations. Spellcraft saves me two buttons and two
macros, both of which are in short supply on my mage.

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Merlyn LeRoy
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lcpltom <lcpltom.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't know what your other addons do, but an addon like Dotimer can
> track your cooldowns, as well as give you a visual time representation
> on your sheep, making it easier to know when you need to re-sheep.

I'm usong xperl to see the focus frame and NECB for timers.
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Candido
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SpaceGirl skrev:
> I've played with a few (The ones that are bundled in Cosmo + the
> essential Omen threat meter), but am I missing a trick? Are there any
> add-ons that you think are essential for mages?

Beside some of the things already mentioned I also like "SmartBuff" on
all my chars that can buff to remind me to refresh them.

You can find it at the curse site.
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