Each week, WoW Insider’s Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond — your addons folder will never be the same.

Yesterday, we prematurely learned that the Raid Finder coming in patch 4.3 would feature a new difficulty level associated with randomly putting together a 25-man raid group and allowing players who normally would not be privy to raiding content to see these awesome locations and epic boss battles. A lot of new people will be flooding into the raiding game come patch 4.3, so why not take a few minutes early on and get ready for the day when you too might just be able to come face to face with the denizens of the Firelands, leaders of Deathwing’s armies, and even the former earthwarder himself? Raiding is getting more accessible, but you’re still going to need tools to do the job right.

These raiding essential guides are meant to get players who might be new to the whole raiding game up and ready for the new difficulty of raiding coming in the next big update patch. We will discuss why certain addons are good to have, example fight mechanics, and basic tips to make sure you’re running your addons smart.Continue reading Addon Spotlight: Raiding essentials for DPSFiled under: Add-Ons, AddOn SpotlightAddon Spotlight: Raiding essentials for DPS originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Each week, WoW Insider’s Mathew McCurley brings you a fresh look at reader-submitted UIs as well as Addon Spotlight, which focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond — your addons folder will never be the same.

Yesterday, we prematurely learned that the Raid Finder coming in patch 4.3 would feature a new difficulty level associated with randomly putting together a 25-man raid group and allowing players who normally would not be privy to raiding content to see these awesome locations and epic boss battles. A lot of new people will be flooding into the raiding game come patch 4.3, so why not take a few minutes early on and get ready for the day when you too might just be able to come face to face with the denizens of the Firelands, leaders of Deathwing’s armies, and even the former earthwarder himself? Raiding is getting more accessible, but you’re still going to need tools to do the job right.

These raiding essential guides are meant to get players who might be new to the whole raiding game up and ready for the new difficulty of raiding coming in the next big update patch. We will discuss why certain addons are good to have, example fight mechanics, and basic tips to make sure you’re running your addons smart.Continue reading Addon Spotlight: Raiding essentials for DPSFiled under: Add-Ons, AddOn SpotlightAddon Spotlight: Raiding essentials for DPS originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments