Comments on: This is What Panic Looks Like http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/ Practical advice for World of Warcraft healers and leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:13:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lilitharien http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-21033 Lilitharien Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:14:23 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-21033 @Talv, /reloadui won't work in combat. Raid frame addons do not load in if you enter a zone during combat. This is the same for Grid as well as VuhDo, which Matticus here uses. You need to be out of combat FIRST before you can /reloadui to get the frames back. It's a common issue. @Talv, /reloadui won’t work in combat. Raid frame addons do not load in if you enter a zone during combat. This is the same for Grid as well as VuhDo, which Matticus here uses. You need to be out of combat FIRST before you can /reloadui to get the frames back. It’s a common issue.

]]> By: talv http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20884 talv Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:58:39 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20884 /reload ui i hope you have a fast computer and a little luck, has worked for me a couple times though ; ) /reload ui

i hope you have a fast computer and a little luck, has worked for me a couple times though ; )

]]> By: Dae http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20883 Dae Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:22:55 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20883 Our Razorscale kill last week was done with me frantically clicking on spells from my spellbook then clicking on my raid members after one of my addons threw up a massive error and locked up my UI... My mouse worked, but I couldn't interact with my raid frames or action bars in any way. And it got even better when I tried to type into chat, because then it locked up my keyboard. Trying to move and heal all with just my mouse, using my spellbook, had me in a state of panic. My UI got a very intense workover after that raid. As for general disconnects in Ulduar... I have a problem with these. It's partly due to my latency (I'm in Australia) and partly due to a not-so-great PC.... But still... I get told to stand in a corner before every Thorim pull to prevent DCs, and I can't jump during any boss encounters. Or in Dalaran. Jumping seems to DC me. /sigh Our Razorscale kill last week was done with me frantically clicking on spells from my spellbook then clicking on my raid members after one of my addons threw up a massive error and locked up my UI… My mouse worked, but I couldn’t interact with my raid frames or action bars in any way. And it got even better when I tried to type into chat, because then it locked up my keyboard. Trying to move and heal all with just my mouse, using my spellbook, had me in a state of panic.
My UI got a very intense workover after that raid.

As for general disconnects in Ulduar… I have a problem with these. It’s partly due to my latency (I’m in Australia) and partly due to a not-so-great PC…. But still… I get told to stand in a corner before every Thorim pull to prevent DCs, and I can’t jump during any boss encounters. Or in Dalaran. Jumping seems to DC me.
/sigh

]]> By: bitbyte http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20882 bitbyte Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:57:13 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20882 Name plates (one keypress), focus target (macro'ed to a hotkey) and literally targeting a player are the only tools available in a sudden World PvP encounter to assist others (in terms of healing them) not in your party or raid. Most times it happens so suddenly that it is not possible to get grouped with them until the dust has settled. It can be so intense where even typing /invite could result in their (or your) death. Other times the other party is grouped and it's not possible for you to invite them... and they are pretty occupied in the heat of battle for them to invite you (those are the times you do /say invite and nothing happens till it's over). Name plates (one keypress), focus target (macro’ed to a hotkey) and literally targeting a player are the only tools available in a sudden World PvP encounter to assist others (in terms of healing them) not in your party or raid. Most times it happens so suddenly that it is not possible to get grouped with them until the dust has settled. It can be so intense where even typing /invite could result in their (or your) death. Other times the other party is grouped and it’s not possible for you to invite them… and they are pretty occupied in the heat of battle for them to invite you (those are the times you do /say invite and nothing happens till it’s over).

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20879 Matticus Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:16:13 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20879 @Tarqon: One of my guildies had his mouse crap out on him. He couldn't target for crap. Had to rely on F1-F5 for party targeting. That's intense. @Tarqon: One of my guildies had his mouse crap out on him. He couldn’t target for crap. Had to rely on F1-F5 for party targeting. That’s intense.

]]> By: Tarqon http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20878 Tarqon Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:11:32 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20878 Pff, don't stoop to using blizzard frames, just spam control-tab like a pro. (I actually have target next friendly bound to mousewheel up) oh and to the poster above me: /rl works, no need to type all that out. Pff, don’t stoop to using blizzard frames, just spam control-tab like a pro. (I actually have target next friendly bound to mousewheel up)

oh and to the poster above me: /rl works, no need to type all that out.

]]> By: Niyahti http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20877 Niyahti Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:24:10 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20877 Religiously, my client crashes once per raid day. I think it has to do with my onboard NIC card -- it just randomly DC's me. It's a quick drop and a quick relog, but my UI never comes back complete. Grid gets especially confused -- I end up with 6 groups instead of 5, all shuffled around in order and not working. Even my Xperl raid frames get out of whack. Now my current SOP is to relog, then immediately /console reloadui. From there it's smooth sailing. Fortunately I am usually on raid healing assignment, so assuming the other healers can cover while I'm gone we can survive. Frustrating to say the least. >.< Religiously, my client crashes once per raid day. I think it has to do with my onboard NIC card — it just randomly DC’s me. It’s a quick drop and a quick relog, but my UI never comes back complete. Grid gets especially confused — I end up with 6 groups instead of 5, all shuffled around in order and not working. Even my Xperl raid frames get out of whack. Now my current SOP is to relog, then immediately /console reloadui. From there it’s smooth sailing. Fortunately I am usually on raid healing assignment, so assuming the other healers can cover while I’m gone we can survive.

Frustrating to say the least. >.<

]]> By: Darraxus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20874 Darraxus Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:53:24 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20874 I had this happen last night on my Druid. I reloaded my UI while the other healers held it together. At first I thought I had been kicked from the raid lol. <abbr><em>Darraxuss last blog post..<a href="http://darraxusthewarrior.blogspot.com/2009/06/opposite-of-wtf-raid.html" rel="nofollow">The Opposite of a WTF Raid</a></abbr></em> I had this happen last night on my Druid. I reloaded my UI while the other healers held it together. At first I thought I had been kicked from the raid lol.

Darraxuss last blog post..The Opposite of a WTF Raid

]]> By: Puhoi http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20872 Puhoi Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20872 This has happened to me a few times. I use Grid + Clique. If I reloaded my UI then grid would come back, but I still wouldn't be able to click-cast. So I've taken to enabling Clique on my pitbull raid frames JUST IN CASE. It's not ideal (I mean, two sets of raid frames is a bit redundant...), but I can still see the entire raid and heal them if and when I get DC'd in the middle of a fight. This has happened to me a few times. I use Grid + Clique. If I reloaded my UI then grid would come back, but I still wouldn’t be able to click-cast. So I’ve taken to enabling Clique on my pitbull raid frames JUST IN CASE. It’s not ideal (I mean, two sets of raid frames is a bit redundant…), but I can still see the entire raid and heal them if and when I get DC’d in the middle of a fight.

]]> By: Matticus http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/06/05/this-is-what-panic-looks-like/comment-page-1/#comment-20871 Matticus Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:33:56 +0000 http://www.worldofmatticus.com/?p=5128#comment-20871 Yeah, all of you that are experiencing crashes, I'm suffering from the same thing. Random disconnects on fights, sometimes in Dalaran (wait, that might not be a sympton). I'm also running a dual screen setup. This never happened before 3.1. <abbr><em>Matticuss last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldOfMatticus/~3/aTKtv1AkTYU/" rel="nofollow">This is What Panic Looks Like</a></abbr></em> Yeah, all of you that are experiencing crashes, I’m suffering from the same thing. Random disconnects on fights, sometimes in Dalaran (wait, that might not be a sympton). I’m also running a dual screen setup. This never happened before 3.1.

Matticuss last blog post..This is What Panic Looks Like

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