Out of Game Overlays: The Future of Raiding in World of Warcraft?
Are out of game overlays the future of raiding in World of Warcraft?
What Can Overlays Do? Warcraft Logs' Damage MeterA couple weeks ago, Warcraft Logs teased their own damage meter. This would allow people to see the real-time contribution of Augmentation Evoker, something that cannot be seen by in-game addons. This Damage Meter would not be an addon in game, but could be an Overlay, something that can be placed anywhere on your screen, or another monitor and uses real time Advanced Combat Log tracking.
Overcoming Private AurasAlmost a week ago, this reddit thread by u/Urcra was made that showed an initial proof of concept regarding the power of overlays as a word of caution. He was able to use the Advanced Combat Log and its ability to upload in real time to bypass the Private Auras and assign the mechanic Volcanic Heart «like in the old days», but instead of using Weakauras, just using an Out of Game Overlay. You can see in the below video the assignments 1 and 2 for Volcanic Heart on an overlay despite the ability being protected by a Private Aura.
Players and Mechanic Radar (AVR-like)Today, another reddit thread by u/Shamzaa was made that shows another proof of concept regarding the power of overlays: the ability for a radar to be made. Using the Advanced Combat Log which contained coordinates of all players, he was able to make an overlay radar. This not only tracks the position of players, but can also be coded to track the position of mechanics on the same radar! You can see his example on Kazzara below which tracks all the players in his raid and the direction of the Breath. It also tracks the positions of all the rifts because you can tell the radar to track the position of players when the
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