Anthems - how?

[DoRonRon]

You can use plugin Mistrel Buff II if you have problems with default UI

I don't have a problem because I use buff bars and track all 12 varieties of anthem that my two builds can cast. It's you that likely has the issue. I just want to get help for the many more that don't load addons to play for them.

I've been following the very instructive Plugin Along series. The last before release, Episode 69: Minstrels 3.0 part 8, was looking at edge case bugs more than functionality. However in part 6 at 9m30s we get to see a list of the 10 Anthem Effect Names to employ in the addon. Onto 13m 40s we see the 7 base Anthem Names themselves also in the code. There is a nod to personal anthems with some of the German code and a passing mention of Personals in part 8. However moving further on to 1:07:50, some combat, we see when Resonance is applied the standard UI shows us two buffs together with identical icons. One the Personal and the other the contribution to the fellow. Only the fellow version is tracked in Minstrel Buff. As we follow up with the next priority anthem, Compassion, we see the very subtle icon change of one of those in the default UI. The untouched and critically unrefreshed personal, not changed. And more importantly it's elapse time untracked in the addon. Run it on to 1:08:50 and you can see the personal anthem disappear off the game UI, unseen. With only the three anthems available in the build it's back up again at 1:09:12. Late game Players with another 3 to manage not so lucky, maybe?

Perhaps not of concern when you are lower level and only have the 2 or three available. But at end game when you have more pressing concerns than clicking a popup every 25 second and more anthems to juggle it should be. With a host more buffs in the late game the pair in the UI gaining separation if their elapse times differ.

The main thing however is the single priority list choice for two very distinct states. The building process and the refreshing process. I get that for refreshing I will want to use Dissonance and Resonance because they refresh their paired anthem timers. Prowess and Composure will refresh each other but still have a situational advantage using one over another. Because War and Compassion do not refresh the timer on personal Dissonance and Resonance they aren't candidates for only second priority in the build phase. There's much to advocate their initial use: as 5% crit to self and 12% tact and 7% damage for range in the group; or -10% threat on the "pull", over personals that come into their own when all the buffs from all sources are in place.

Glibly using an addon is just obscuring the underlining mechanic, probably why the dev though the Mini was so boring so chucked a clog into the mix.

Google "Minstrels 3.0 part " to list the series on youtube. Part 5 had comments to explain it, just didn't get traction.



You can hover over the separate Resonance buffs in the game UI and recheck timers after a Compassion...