The Addon Junkie

Today we review EventHorizon, a cast timer system available from WoWInterface by developer Tifi.

EventHorizon is a must-have for any DoT reliant class (like warlocks or shadow priests) but is worth a look for any class that relies on cooldowns (I’m looking at you, mages). Not mentioned in the video, but pretty cool, is that EH also keeps track of internal cooldowns that the players cannot normally see, such as the 6 second ICD on a shaman’s windfury weapon procs. The only way to customize it is by editing the LUA code of the addon itself, but the addon’s author provides good documentation and assistance on the WoWInterface site, more than enough for a coding novice to make some simple changes. Video after the break.
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Today we’re discussing (at the specific request of Catacalisma, one of my YouTube subscribers) Warlocks. You don’t get away entirely without an addon review either, as we explore one of the wonderful things that Quartz can do to help increase our warlock’s DPS or indeed the DPS of any caster class.

The good folks over at Elitist Jerks have an awesomely detailed writeup here that includes many of the things mentioned in this video. I highly recommend the article, as well as the spec linked to from that article (and mentioned in the video), which can be found here.

My poorly geared barely-80 warlock was pulling around 1400 DPS on a single target if I really really tried, which is probably the same sort of grief that Catacalisma is experiencing. Though the level of gear or skill may increase or decrease that number, the biggest increase is likely to come from spec, casting priorities, and a little cleverness and creativity. Here to explain the cleverness and creativity bit: The video (after the break).
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