

There are no numerical countdowns to tell you how long the duration is but it does show time left though shading. Your own HoTs are shown in the bottom right corner of the raid frame, represented by the spell icon. I also think the percentages are unnecessary. As I mentioned already, the frames are too big. However, there are many things I don’t like. The things I like most are the incoming heals and the raid roles clearly indicated on everyone’s frame. The raid frames really aren’t bad-looking. I’ve set up the Blizzard raid frames to my liking, as much as the limited options allowed. I also prefer vertical health bars, which is not an option. The size of the smallest setting needs to be cut in half in order to make me happy. I like to keep my raid frames as small as possible so I get a good view of the action rather than have the raid frames take up too much space on my screen. The default raid frames don’t allow for nearly as much customization as I’d like. You can change the size of the frames, though even the smallest settings are still very large, you can choose to display class colours or leave everyone green, you can also choose whether or not you want to see things such as incoming heals, aggro, power bars, and debuffs. Customization and OptionsĬustomization of the default raid frames is extremely limited. However, they underwent a major overhaul recently and I thought they deserved a proper look. I’m going to insert a big spoiler here and tell you that the default raid frames do not win this contest. For the TLDR version, skip down to the summary. This gave me a very good excuse to broaden my horizons and try out some new raid frames, namely the default Blizzard raid frames and VuhDo. After patch 4.0.1 Grid hit me with some very annoying issues that caused the most important parts, the HoT timers, to stop working as I liked. This is both because it is an excellent addon that tells me everything I need to know but also because I’m stubborn and refused to try out any others. If you had asked me 2 months ago what my raid frames of choice were I would have said Grid, hands down. One raid frame leaves.Īs a healer, my raid frames are the most important part of my user interface.
