Ripped is a tool that assists players with obtaining and keeping a optimal DPS cycle (or spell rotation / spell cycle / spell priority).
This comes in handy, even for experienced players in stressful situations or where keeping an overview would be hard (noticing that your important debuff has run out, or reapplying a debuff/buff too early etc).
How do I use Ripped?
After loading the plugin, use the command
/rip gui
to open up the configuration menu to set the active strategy (look under the heading Generation and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Dont forget to check under "Strategies" if you are looking to configure your selected strategy. Options usually include changing priorities and what buffs you want to be reminded to keep up on yourself.
Known issues
PLEASE report any issues you have with the addon in the comment section or email me, as I require your feedback in order to enhance the strategies/addon.
No abilities are suggested
Did you remember to set a strategy in the gui? (see above for how)
No abilities are suggested, and I've set a strategy
Some people have reported no spells/abilities showing up in the gui on slower (or too fast?) pcs. The solution has been to type /script ReloadUI() or try to press the "Load spells" and/or "Load talents"-buttons in the main gui.
UI lag when using Ripped
This usually is because you've set it to generate 20 steps, which might cause it to generate states upwards of 2-5 minutes in the future, which of course will take time. Set the "Generation"->"Generate steps" down to about 5-6 or so (or why even use more than 2-3?) and it should disappear. Also remember that "Max number of steps each update" does a great job even at 1.
Which classes can benefit from using Ripped?
Currently, it ships with built-in strategies for the following classes:
Druid (feral (cat and singletarget bear beta), moonkin)
Mage (fire, frost (beta))
Paladin (retribution, holy (beta))
Priest (shadow)
Rogue (combat swords beta)
Shaman (enhancement)
Warlock (destruction, affliction)
Warrior (fury (beta))
Some of the strategies needs improvement, so please use the bugtracker/submit comments etc to assist me in getting the strategies down
For the rest of the classes and specs: support for you will be coming soon, and suggestions are welcome
I don't like your strategies and/or I have my own idea for what's _best_
The addon has been designed to be both flexible and extensible and supports any number of strategies supporting any number of classes and specs that can be written in the form of plugins. More details on this is available upon request and will be properly documented once we get closer to a stable release.
FAQ
I dont understand the syntax of the "watched buffs". Explain.
You can change the buffs being watched by opening up the config gui (using /rip gui) then going looking at Strategies->"Your active strategy". There you'll find a field called "Watched buffs", which supports the following syntax: "Buff1, Buff2, Buff3 | Altbuff4, Buff5". This will make sure you have the buffs Buff1, Buff2 and Buff5 up, and either one or both of Buff3 or Altbuff4.
TODOS
Better/more strategies for druids, mages and rogues.
Optional integration with DrDamage to support warriors/bear form druids better (is this needed? need community feedback).
Support for hunters (and down the line, deathknights of course)
<Your request here!>
I like your idea, how can I help you?
Submit feature requests / bugs. Tell your friends about it. If you know Lua, you can help me improve it in a number of ways, just get in touch with me
Ok, how do I get in touch with you?
Leave a comment on this page, use this addons bugtracker, or even send me an email at: inopua at gmail dot com.
Change Log - Ripped
v0.1-beta25:
- wotlk support (for druids and shadowpriests)
- basic support for feral glyphs (rip/mangle) - more coming when they prove worthy
- I need feedback in order to create some decent strategies in this post-3.0 world, as I dont regularily play any other classes, so leave comments etc. on how you would like your class to be supported.
v0.1-beta23:
- Now tracks the troll priest racial Shadowguard (to use it, just use "Shadowguard" as a watched buff).
- Massive performance enhancements for the shaman strategy (and button mashers alike).
- Added a small strategy for elemental shamans.
- Now correctly compensates for cast times on UA, Immolate for warlocks and Vampiric Touch for priests.
v0.1-beta20:
- Added support for Curse of Doom as an option for warlocks. If it gets resisted, it will fall back to Curse of Agony if can get 7 or more ticks out of it (8 ticks = full CoA duration, 24 seconds).
v0.1-beta19:
- Internationalization (Should work for french, german, spanish and english clients now -- I've only personally tested it for warlocks, druids and priests with a german client, so please share your experiences).
v0.1-beta18:
- Fixes the uncheckable curse box for warlocks.
v0.1-beta17:
- Fixes some previously missed debuffs from Druids, Mages and Paladins
- Better checking for totem buffs (locale-independent)
v0.1-beta15:
- Now supports German and Spanish clients in addition to French due to some dynamic spell-name lookup that needs testing outside of my enGB/enUS client, so please report any issues etc.
- Fixed a bug that caused spells to not get pushed forward correctly (when using spells with a cast time) (common errors was an empty spell bar for some time etc).
v0.1-beta13:
- French localization added (thanks to Laumac). (needs testing to confirm its correctness - so report if you find any issues).
- Performance enhancement: Only checks for buffs/debuffs when needed (i.e when recomputing)
- Fixed a corner-case bug related to clearcasting (for druids).
- Now correctly identifies weapon buffs without ranks (like oils/lures), which were causing issues for some users.
Optional Files - Ripped
Sorry, there are currently no optional files available.
Originally posted by inopua Is this with the latest build? (v0.1-beta18 at the time of this comment).
And have you tried "/rip gui" instead of "/ripped gui"?
yes you're true it's good with "/rip gui" and not "/ripped gui"
but your files on 18beta are empty for traduction (error ?) i think you're just used your test files !!!
I replace my proper trad but on the first version (beta 9 for me) of my files the add-on validated the talents/spells but on 18beta no spells are recognized so the add doesn't seems to be in function
thanks much for posting this here. i have about given up on Curse for the nonce (their auto-updating client and/or the curseforge website are having teething trouble).
Actually, they're already supported. I only have a holy paladin to test with, and I'm not 100% sure I got the strategy down right, but go ahead and see if its somewhat sane, and get back to me with hints/tips etc for improvement
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Originally posted by trickdaemon Thanks much. Could you put up a changelog for new versions?
Originally posted by trickdaemon Can you include immolate for destruction warlocks? I love it so far, but it still seems like it's missing a few things. I have a few questions with how the ENH one works, like it shows SS then flame shock, then SS iirc, but does it show numbers based upon how long the shock debuff has on the target? or what?
Thanks!
Ok, Immolate will be included as a configurable spell in the gui by the next release, which will be some time tomorrow. All you have to do to then is select "use immolate" from the config gui, and you should be set.
The feeling "it still eems like it's missing a few things" I think more people than you are sitting with, but the more feedback I get, the better I can make the addon, so your feedback is greatly appreciated.
As for the enhancement shaman strat works its like this (in addition to tracking totems/weaponbuffs):
Is Stormstrike on cooldown? If not, then use it.
Does the target have the debuff from flame shock? If not, then use it, otherwise, use Earth Shock if the shock cooldown is up.
The numbers you see is the (estimated) number of seconds until the spell/ability should be used. Some of the screenshots are from an earlier build where the numbers actually was the time it would take until the _next_ spell should be used, which was kind of non-intuitive, so it was changed to show the time until the ability should be used instead. I hope that explanation helps
EDIT: Immolate is now supported for warlocks, just go into the config gui (/rip gui) -> strategies -> default warlock, and check the box called "Use Immolate".
Can you include immolate for destruction warlocks? I love it so far, but it still seems like it's missing a few things. I have a few questions with how the ENH one works, like it shows SS then flame shock, then SS iirc, but does it show numbers based upon how long the shock debuff has on the target? or what?
Originally posted by Thorlin Well I got it to work on my fire mage and my Priest but my warlock is a no go, he's a lvl 54 Gnome Warlock 41/0/4. I'll try the new version and see what happens.
Seems like you're bitten by the "watch buffs"-list, which includes spells you don't have yet at level 54 (Fel Armor). Either turn off buff-watching for the warlock-strategy, or remove Fel Armor from the list of buffs in the strategy. You could replace it with Demon Armor, which you should have. (I'll be putting out a version soon that ignores buffs its being told to watch if you don't have any buffs by that name in your spellbook)
Well I got it to work on my fire mage and my Priest but my warlock is a no go, he's a lvl 54 Gnome Warlock 41/0/4. I'll try the new version and see what happens.
Originally posted by Thorlin Same problem as eloora. I followed the instructions to the letter and I get a blank box with timers every .2 secs. I'd attach a screenie but it seems that feature isn't working on the forums right now.
Ok, I'll need to know your class, spec and your level. Are you using a enUS or enGB client btw? I've done the necessary steps in order to translate it to other languages, but not actually done the translation thus far.
I'll put out a version soon that allows you to get the name of the spells/abilities it suggests, as what you're experiencing seem to be a texture loading problem and/or a logic error in the strategy for your class.
EDIT: I've put out the update, so you can grab that version and see if you can see any spell names there at all. Still interested in getting to know your characters class/build/level though.
Same problem as eloora. I followed the instructions to the letter and I get a blank box with timers every .2 secs. I'd attach a screenie but it seems that feature isn't working on the forums right now.
