Raiding Mods
These are the mods we use for raiding and PvP teams. The required ones are
absolutely required. The optional ones are mods many of us frequently use and find helpful.
Required Mods:
- Ventrilo VOIP Client∞ - so you can hear us yelling at you, or Vaez's lovely singing voice.
- oRA2∞ (info∞) - provides main tank targets and various raiding features (oRA and CT_RaidAssist∞ are compatible, but oRA2 is the much stronger option these days)
- Omen∞ (info∞) - new Ace threat meter that is much less resource-intensive than KTM. Even if you don't intend to install a threat meter, you should, at a minimum, install the Threat 1.0∞ library (which is what Omen uses) so the rest of us can see your threat.
- (Outdated) KLHThreatmeter∞ - shows estimated threat, works well for some fights, less so for others, but great for learning about aggro and how to control it. Required for tanks, optional for others, though if you make a habit of pulling aggro, it may become required for you... NB: This mod has largely been superseded by Omen∞.
Optional Mods:
- BigWigs∞ (info∞) - Boss fight alert messages and ability timer bars. Works well with oRA2.
- Natur EnemyCastBar∞ - displays boss timers as a cast bar, very handy!
- SW Stats∞ (Curse link∞) - tracks raiding statistics, particularly damage (the alternative DamageMeters∞ exists but you really want to use the mod everyone else is using -- your results are more accurate that way)
- TauntResist∞ or TauntWarn∞ - for tanks
A note on oRA2 and Ace mods
The raiding mod oRA2 uses a framework known as "Ace" which is in turn used by several other mod developers. The Ace website is a good place to start if you're looking for some particular mod functionality.
The Ace library website for the World of Warcraft can be found here:
The download page for mods using the Ace libraries, with a brief description of each, can be found here:
Many of these mods are also listed on the
Curse-Gaming∞ website, but the Ace website is updated more rigorously with bugs fixes, so its best to go there.
Improving the Accuracy of your Damage Meters
You may have noticed that your Damage Meter results don't exactly match those of your fellow party members. To improve your results, you'll need to increase the range at which your client traps combat log messages by doing the following:
- Open the text file "Config.wtf" found in the WTF folder of your World of Warcraft installation
On a PC, the default location would be \\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WTF\Config.wtf
* Note that some of these variables may already be listed in your config file and are most likely using the default of "50" or "30" yards. Simply change them to 200.