Nowadays Gear Score rules with an iron fist. One problem is it's generalized prestige. How do you make the distinction of a long-time hardcore player with 5.8k GS and a more casual raider with 5.8k GS? Well, you inspect their achievements of course. That's where Elite comes in to simplify that process.
Elite adds very select Feat of Strengths/achievements to a player's tooltip. By "very select" I mean Elite displays only the most difficult raiding/PvP accomplishments (hence its name). The achievements are colored/grouped by rarity/difficulty. Pet/gimmicky-rare FoS are excluded (with the exception of Tyrael's Hilt because it's that awesome). Elite works cross-faction. Elite has very little configuration and is very lightweight using virtually no memory or CPU.
Elite has three display modes activated using CTRL and SHIFT keys.
- Without any modifier pressed, Elite shows a compact summary of elite achievements the player has.
- Holding CTRL will expand the summary into a list of achievements.
- Holding CTRL + SHIFT will expand the list into a descriptive list.
Elite will add an extra tag to FoS/achievements that meet a special deadline. For example, having Death's Demise before Patch 3.2 will add the tag [Pre-Nerf].
Elite will reward rank tags for raiding achievements accomplished after a period of the original raid's debut. These mostly apply to the epic category of achievements.
- [Gold] = achievement accomplished in 2 weeks
- [Silver] = achievement accomplished in 5 weeks
- [Bronze] = achievement accomplished in 8 weeks
e.g. The Fall of Naxxramas (25 player) [Gold] = This player cleared Naxxramas within 2 weeks of WotLK's release.
Elite has two configurable options: to show category labels, and to show Elite in combat. Modify Elite.lua to make changes. Defaults:
Code:
local options = {
showGroupLabel = false,
showInCombat = false
}
* If you have suggestions for FoS/achievements Elite should show, or special tags, let me know in comments. *
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Suggestions:
- 3/08/09: Caching.
- 3/08/09: Option to disable loader text.
- 3/05/09: More compact default display.
[Completed]
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Known bugs:
- 3/03/09: Opening the achievement panel shortly after /reload and mousing over a player unit will result in a FrameXML error. This is a peculiar and very situational bug related to add-on loading, so I'm overlooking it for now.
- 3/04/09: Elite and
Needy work together but FrameXML errors occur after opening the achievement pane (/reload will fix it). This only occurs if running these two mods together. Still looking into this.
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Here's the current list of FoS/achievements Elite will show:
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Uncommon (Old school PvP ranks):
- Horde: Scout -> Warlord
- Alliance: Private -> Field Marshal
Note: High Warlord and Grand Marshal are categorized as Legendary (see below).
Why do I show these achievements? Old school PvP titles are the only way in the game to tell who was around during classic WoW (other than Old School Ride), and I find that an interesting stat to see on someone's tooltip.
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Rare (Glad mounts/etc.):
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Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker - Special Tag:
[Pre-3.0], Deadline: 10/15/08 (3.0.2)
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Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros - Special Tag:
[Pre-3.0], Deadline: 10/15/08 (3.0.2)
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Ashes of Al'ar + Special Tag:
[TBC], Deadline: 10/15/08 (3.0.2)
- Any of the Gladiator reward mounts.
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Epic (Raiding achievements):
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Glory of the Raider (25 & 10) - Deadline: 4/14/09 (3.1)
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Glory of the Ulduar Raider (25 & 10) - Deadline: 8/04/09 (3.2)
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Glory of the Icecrown Raider (25 & 10)
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The Fall of Naxxramas (25 & 10) -
[Gold: 11/25/08] [Silver: 12/16/08] [Bronze: 1/06/09]
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The Twilight Zone (Sarth 3D) (25 & 10) -
[Gold: 11/25/08] [Silver: 12/16/08] [Bronze: 1/06/09]
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You Don't Have An Eternity (5-min Malygos) (25 & 10) - Tag:
[Pre-Nerf], Deadline: 1/20/09 (3.0.8)
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The Secrets of Ulduar (25 & 10) -
[Gold: 4/28/09] [Silver: 5/19/09] [Bronze: 6/09/09]
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Observed (Algalon) (25 & 10) - Deadline: 08/04/09 (3.2)
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Heroic: Call of the Grand Crusade (25 & 10) - Deadline: 12/08/09 (3.3)
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Heroic: Fall of the Lich King
Note: achievements with deadlines in this category are not shown unless the deadline is met.
Future consideration: I will most likely add special tags for Icecrown clears that were achieved before the overtime buffs were established (sans the 5% one).
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Legendary (PvE realm-firsts, Scarab Lord, etc.):
- Any raiding realm-first (WotLK).
- Any Rank 1 Gladiator.
- Grand Marshal or High Warlord.
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Realm First! Death's Demise - Extra Tag:
[Pre-Nerf], Deadline: 08/04/09 (3.2)
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Warglaives of Azzinoth - Extra Tag:
[TBC], Deadline: 10/15/08 (3.0.2)
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Thori'dal, the Stars' Fury - Extra Tag:
[TBC], Deadline: 10/15/08 (3.0.2)
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Tyrael's Hilt
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Val'anyr, Hammer of Ancient Kings
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Shadowmourne
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And I'll Form the Head!
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Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
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A Tribute to Immortality (Horde or Alliance)
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Invincible's Reins
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Old School Ride
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Scarab Lord
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Artifact (Player realm-firsts; e.g. Druid, Enchanting, etc.):
- Any Lv. 80 race/class/profession realm-first.
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Realm First! Northrend Vanguard
03-08-10, 05:11 PM
