This is the sixth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. The Introduction Display Window Basics Damage Done Details The DPS Report Damage Taken and Friendly Fire Healing Done Healing Done The Healing Done summary Continue Reading
Some World of Warcraft players have a chronic problem with accepting raid invitations and failing to show up to them. It’s a problem I’ve seen before in Dungeons & Dragons, as well. The player is of the “it’s only a game” mentality — since it’s only a game, it doesn’t Continue Reading
This is the fifth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. The next two reports I cover, again clicking to the right in Recount, are not complicated. Their formats are similar to those of reports Continue Reading
This is the fourth in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. A Quick Note In my last installment I overlooked the most obvious part of the Damage Done window, which is the summary chart. It’s Continue Reading
This is the third in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. Individual Player Data – Mouse Over In the last installment, I introduced the basics of the Recount window you see by default. If you Continue Reading
This is the second in a series of posts about Recount, an add-on for World of Warcraft. It gathers and reports on data taken during combat. Display Window Basics The main window is the only one you’ll ever see if you don’t play around with the addon much. It gives Continue Reading
This is the first in what is to be a series of posts about Recount. Links to the rest are at the bottom. What Recount Is Recount is an add-on for World of Warcraft. It keeps track of many types of battle data for all members of your group. The Continue Reading
Too many World of Warcraft players rely on this: as an indicator of how good a player one is. Or on the color of the names of one’s gear. Or on how fast they got from 0 to 80. None of these are good indicators. There’s also a vast difference Continue Reading
If you were to trace the balance of power between classes in World of Warcraft over the course of multiple patch updates, you’d probably find it similar to watching a very drunk man walking down the street. In one version, warlocks are overpowered. Next, it’s the hunters’ turn. There go Continue Reading