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09-11-10, 10:19 AM   #1
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Holy Power in UI, need feedback.

I've been messing around with different ways to display holy power, and I'm kind of stuck.

At first I used a simple number above the target (in the same way I display combo points), and it worked perfectly, except that combo points are only shown if you have a target and holy power is always shown. Without a target, the position of the number felt out of place, but it's the only place where it's really noticeable.

So I tried a bar display. A 1-pixel high bar, like my power bar, didn't quite work out because it wasn't very visible. So I changed it to 2 pixels, but it's still not perfect. Then I added some glow around my player frame (we love glow) to emphasize when I have 3 holy power, but still it just doesn't feel right. Here's some pics:





What should I do? Change the bar colour so it stands out more? Just stick to the number? Do something else?

Any feedback is appreciated.
 
09-11-10, 10:37 AM   #2
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I would suggest having it at the top of the playerbar or as a number to its left or right. Alternatively add it as a plan buff which always spawns at the first position (just find a holy icon) and add count to it.
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I'm not sure what you mean, could you elaborate?

Btw, there's no room above the player frame, it's where party frames (dps/tank mode) + combat text goes.
 
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Originally Posted by Haleth View Post
I'm not sure what you mean, could you elaborate?

Btw, there's no room above the player frame, it's where party frames (dps/tank mode) + combat text goes.
Raise the hp/mana text enough to make room for the bar to be top. Or
As I said, create a buff icon below your unitframe like you have for debuffs for target. Or even to the left, right of your unitframe.
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At the top or to the left of the player frame is too out of reach. To the right of the player frame is the cast bar icon.

I think I'll stick with the current setup and stress test it a little, if I don't like it I'll go back to the number.

Thanks for the feedback.
 
09-12-10, 10:39 PM   #6
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You are putting your own holy power indicator above your target?

Personally, as a pally, I'd rather have it where "my" stuff is, so it looks like it belongs to me, not to my enemy.

In addition, I could see mass confusion on screenshots:

"What's that one bar above the boss?"

"Holy power."

"Whoa. You have an addon that can track your enemy's Holy Power!? What's it called?"
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10-20-10, 04:21 PM   #7
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ice hud

it has holy power bar you can move around in module settings works well for me
 
 

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