Healing Without Addons? /freakout

Hawtpants of the Old Republic Posted on by

OK, I am totally freaked out about healing without addons.  But we can’t always have everything we ever wanted… so I’ve come up with the bare minimum to make myself comfortable.

As a side note… my Naga works beautifully.  It is making me considerably less stressed.

1. Move all the things

This is kind of self-explanatory.  If I can’t change the frames, I can live with that, but I need to move them to an appropriate location.

2. Additional Action Bars

OK, right now I’m seeing 4 bars that’s IT.  I need a place to put all my stuff.  These limited bars just do not cut it.  Especially in their, ahem, current positions.

3. Mouseover

Oh FFS, there are a bunch of asses on the forums saying “you guys are lazy, what’s the big deal, it’s two clicks instead of one.”  OK, tell ya what… you should have to click on the boss before every attack.  No?  Doesn’t sound awesome?  Guys, it’s only two clicks for every action, what’s the big deal?

And that’s my list.  Am I missing anything essential.  I mean seriously cannot-live-without?

An Open Letter To NPCs

Hawtpants of the Old Republic Posted on by

Dear NPCs,

I’m trying to be a good person.  I really am.  But, sometimes you just gotta say “Jedi Code, Schmedi Code.”  If you mouth off to me, I will force choke you.  Kthx.

Regards,

Njessi the Trying-To-Be-Good-But-Mostly-Neutral

What Sort Of Healer Should I Play?

Hawtpants of the Old Republic Posted on by

Short answer: I have no flippin clue.  I haven’t been able to get too high level.  HOWEVER… I gathered some links for you.  For funsies.

Healing Comparison on the MMO-Champion Forums

Class Healing Comparisons on the Relic Forums

Republic Healer Comparison on Jedi Consulars (Old-ish)

And, of course, for all healers, join the Force Heal forums.  I think of them as kinda… Plusheal for SWTOR.  Things are starting off slowly, but if you build a website, the community will come.

Making the Default Interface Behave: Unit Frames

Hawtpants of the Old Republic Posted on by

Step 1:  Show party frames as raid frames.  Oh, excuse me, I mean “Operations Frames.”  At least that way it looks more grid-like, and your own frame also shows.

Step 2: Right click on the little “people” button on the top of your “operation frames” to bring down the “unlock” menu.

Step 3: Move that sucker wherever you want. Then you can right click on the little people again to get a menu to lock it back down.

Hopefully this will help you this weekend.  Happy beta-ing!

Edit:  A while after posting this, I ran into a very complete video on the topic that includes instructions on resizing the actual health bars (make them bigger vertically or horizontally).  Here it is!

The Uncoordinated Agent

Hawtpants of the Old Republic Posted on by

I am not a Super Mario star.  For those of you coming from Murloc Parliament, you know full well that I can’t jump on or off anything with any sort of accuracy.

Imagine my distaste when I quest required me to do TWO! jumps off a pipe onto another pipe, and if I failed, I had to go all the way to the beginning of this long pipe bridge.

I tried twice.  I fell in the gross stinky water.  Then I dropped the quest.

Seriously, jumping is bullshit.  Dammit, this is an MMO, not a, uh… FPS?  Portal?  Whatever.

I am just going to accept that I can’t jump worth a crap, and I will drop all associated quests and thumb my nose at any missed rewards (which might be just as ravishingly awesome as my aforementioned Skunk-In-Bra outfit).  And hope that I don’t hit a situation where my failure at jumping brings my progression to a grinding halt.

(To those of you participating in beta this weekend, HAPPY BETA-ING!)