BuffWatcher

This frame will appear when you're missing an important buff.

By Myrilandell of Lothar

BuffWatcher is an addon that will periodically check your buffs, and if you're missing an essential one, it'll put a warning up on the screen. Underlined buffs in this description will only be checked for if you have the talent. If you run into a problem or have a request, post it here or email me, and I'll look into it :)

ProcWatcher is a small part of BuffWatcher that, instead of watching for missing buffs, watches for active procs. The procs watched for are the kind that influence gameplay, such as "next ability is free" or "next ability is instant". Basic +damage procs will not be added without good reason. Underlined procs will only be checked for if you don't have the talent for them (currently all procs are talented, a proc from a glyph, for example, would be underlined). As I level up my alts, or change specs (and therefore glyphs) among my mains, I will be adding glyphed procs to the list. If you find a glyphed proc missing and would like it added, please let me know about it. I'd be happy to add it :)

Classes and buffs supported:

• All Classes: Food Buffs ("Well Fed"), and temporary weapon buffs, such as Windfury (Shaman), Poisons (Rogue), Sharpening Stones, and Weapon Oils, on a per-hand basis (optionable)
  
• Death Knight: Horn of Winter (optionable) (combat-only!), Bone Shield (optionable) (combat-only!), Unholy Blight (optionable) (combat-only!)
  
• Druid: Mark/Gift of the Wild, Thorns
  
• Hunter: Aspect of the Beast/Cheetah/Dragonhawk/Hawk/Monkey/Pack/Viper/Wild, Trueshot Aura
  
• Mage: Arcane Brilliance/Intellect, Dalaran Brilliance/Intellect, Frost/Ice/Mage/Molten Armor, Missile Barrage
  
• Paladin: Auras, Blessings, Seals (optionable) (combat-only!), Sacred Shield (optionable), Divine Plea (optionable), Holy Shield (optionable) (combat-only!), Righteous Fury
  Doesn't count Blessing of Auchindoun, Blessing of D.E.H.T.A., or the three Zul'Drak Blessings as a Blessing.
  
• Priest: Divine Spirit/Prayer of Spirit, Inner Fire (optionable), Power Word: Fortitude/Prayer of Fortitude, Shadow Protection/Prayer of Shadow Protection (optionable)
  
• Rogue: Slice n Dice (optionable) (combat-only!), Hunger for Blood (optionable) (combat-only!)
  
• Shaman: Earth/Lightning/Water Shield, Maelstrom Weapon (optionable) (combat-only!)
  
• Warlock: Demon Armor/Demon Skin/Fel Armor, Soul Link (only when pet is active!) (optionable)
  
• Warrior: Battle/Commanding Shout (combat only!)
  Catches your most-recently cast shout, so you'll only track your shout (useful if there's multiple warriors in your group
  

ProcWatcher

• Death Knight: Killing Machine, Acclimation
  Druid: Nature's Grace, Owlkin Frenzy, Eclipse, Clearcasting
  Hunter: Quick Shots, Rapid Killing, Lock and Load,
  Mage: Clearcasting, Missile Barrage, Hot Streak, Firestarter, Fingers of Frost, Fireball!
  Paladin: Infusion of Light, The Art of War
  Priest: Borrowed Time, Surge of Light, Serendipity (1) (2) (3)
  Rogue: Remorseless
  Shaman: Clearcasting, Maelstrom Weapon (5)
  Warlock: Eradication, Molten Core, Decimation, Backlash, Nether Protection, Empowered Imp, Backdraft
  Warrior: Taste for Blood, Sudden Death, Slam!, Sword and Board
  

Features:

• Special-case BattleGround checking options:
  -1- Check buffs as normal (like outside a BG).
  -2- Check buffs only if "Preparing" or "Spirit Healed".
  -3- Do not check buffs while in a BG.
  
• Will not check for missing buffs while you're in an inn or major city (resting), this is optionable
  
• Checks if you have the talent for the skill (Righteous Fury, Divine Spirit, etc)
  
• Uses an optionably-movable frame for the warning notification box
  
• Added a panel in the Interface Options! No longer are you stuck using commands, now you can use the Interface panel GUI!
  Esc -> Interface -> Addons -> Buff Watcher
  

TO DO:

• Allow further customization
  
• Add customizable color and alpha options
  
• Add customizable buff checks
  

Known Bugs:

• Sometimes the warning frame is moved offscreen. Noticible by BuffWatcher not warning you when it should (which isn't very noticible ).
  
  • Fix: Use the /bw set X-loc Y-loc command, or open the GUI and set the coordinates in there.
    
• The text of the warning is distorted. No known fix. It's readable, but somewhat ugly.
  
• The text of the warning does not change when changing the fontsize.
  
  • Fix: Reload the UI, either by relogging or by the /reloadui command
    
• The "movable" option in the GUI does not work.
  
  • Fix: /bw movable then relog. That might work. Otherwise use the /bw set X-loc Y-loc command, or open the GUI and set the coordinates in there.
    
• Applying temporary weapon buffs, such as Windfury (Shaman), Poisons (Rogue), Sharpening Stones, and Weapon Oils, does not trigger a buff check.
  
  • Fix: Manually force a refresh, easily done by applying/losing/refreshing a buff.
    
    

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  Author

  Mortilus

  (Project Manager)

  Downloads

  • BuffWatcher

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• Added ProcWatcher functionality, starting with the initial 34 procs.
  
• Fixed the GUI x/y-coordinate boxes so they initialize correctly, which might prevent the "sometimes it goes to la-la-land" bug.
  
• Changed the Paladin's Sacred Shield check to be combat-only.
  
• Changed the Paladin's Sacred Shield check to ignore the proc from the Sacred Shield buff, which is also called Sacred Shield.
  
• Removed the Mage's Missile Barrage check from BuffWatcher, since it is actually a proc. It will now be monitored by ProcWatcher.
  
• Removed the Shaman's Maelstrom Weapon check from BuffWatcher, since it is actually a proc. It will now be monitored by ProcWatcher.
  
• PW - Reorganized the ProcWatcher GUI, should make for a more-clear interface.
  
• PW - Added the Death Knight's Freezing Fog (from Rime) proc to the list of procs.
  
• PW - Added the Paladin's Redoubt proc to the list of procs, since so many people wanted Holy Shield checkable, i might as well head-off any requests now :P
  
• PW - Added the Warlock's Shadow Trance (from Nightfall) proc to the list of procs.
  

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• Changed the Paladin's Divine Plea buff check to combat-only.
  
• Made BuffWatcher should now also check your talent spec after changing specs using the dual-spec feature. This isn't very well tested, but it should work. I'l be working on it more soon.
  
• Added a check for Mage Missile Barrage ... another proc ... i think i might make a new addon for this
  

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• Added a check for Paladin's Holy Shield.
  
• Added a check for Shaman's Maelstrom Weapon (5x stack only).