This post was published long before the Mists of Pandara Expansion.
The tips and techniques explained here may be outdated.
These things are cool.. but not really enough (yet) to string out into a full post.. so I’ll babble about them and see what comes.
Thing 1:Nameplates
On the 3.3 PTR they’re making nameplates visible from further away.. and not jump around.. and pay attention to LOS
Verdict: Bad for PVPers (which I’m not one of) but potentially good for healers. This could allow healers to heal ppl based on their nameplate floating above their head. This is good because it will let healers pay attention to more than just their raid frames.. but has the potential badness that they might not notice someone behind them who’s taking damage. Overall I like the idea.
I -think- I’d like it more if nameplates that were out of range could be showed as greyed out.. or something like that. We’ll see.
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