Last edited: 2009.01.14

Welcome, this is the second edition of my PvP UI Tutorial. Feel free to skip over sections you already are well versed in (such as Addon Introduction if you already know how to install addons).

Full length, high quality streams are at http://www.pvptutorial.com

If my site goes down for some reason (like me being a sucky webpage owner), all my videos should be able to be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/moyxx030, my youtube page.

Broken up into 15 sections (13 complete as of now):
PvP UI Tutorial v2.0

I. Introduction
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/introduction

II. Basic User Interface
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/basic

III. Keybinding
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/keybinding

IV. Addon Introduction
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/addonintro

V. Pitbull
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/pitbull

VI. Bartender4
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/bartender4

VII. Quartz
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/quartz

VIII. MSBT
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/msbt

IX. Cooldowns
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/cooldowns

X. Elkano's Buff Bar
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/ebb

XI. Power Auras
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/powerauras

XII. Afflicted2
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/afflicted2

XIII. Gladius
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/gladius (under construction)

XIV. Compiling everything
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/combine

XV. Credits
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/credits

Move Anything
http://www.pvptutorial.com/uitutorial/moveanything
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OLD TUTORIAL:

The first three parts cover the basic set up of a UI with a Unit Frame mod, Bar mod, and castbar mod. It makes an attempt at explaining the theory behind keybindings, and makes a good explanation of focus target, as well as a cursory mention of various other useful addons.

As of 3.0, much of this content is out of date, but fear not, I'm actively working on updated content.

WCM Full Version (750+mb)
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/movieview.php?id=89725

Full version, smaller files:
(Apparently got deleted by filefront. If you absolutely cannot download the 750mb full version and can't deal with youtubes, feel free to send me a PM on ArenaJunkies or elsewhere and I'll try to get it uploaded again until updated content comes out).

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Part I: Basics (Pitbull, Bartender3, Quartz)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhh_GT7TEo
http://files.filefront.com/Basicswmv/;10226429;/fileinfo.html

Part II: Keybindings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoLYCCjrtvQ
http://files.filefront.com/Keybindingswmv/;10226431;/fileinfo.html

Part III: Focus target, very brief description of Afflicted, NECB, Cooldowntimers2, Itemrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGrsllXJCYM
http://files.filefront.com/Advancedwmv/;10226727;/fileinfo.html
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MSBT Basic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpwB3Bk6TvM
http://files.filefront.com/MSBTbasicwmv/;10234953;/fileinfo.html

MSBT Adv:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrjtBEkRrQ
http://files.filefront.com/MSBTadvwmv/;10235007;/fileinfo.html

Note, the trigger descriptions in the above video are not the current configuration method. See third MSBT video for a more updated trigger config.

MSBT- 2.4.3 patch, MSBT 5.2.8/9+ Trigger configuration. Short blurb on scroll areas, short blurb on naming strings in triggers.
http://files.filefront.com/MSBTtriggerswmv/;11180339;/fileinfo.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87j3S_Fi5nA
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Proximo Tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqS5NQBGWDg
http://files.filefront.com/Proximowmv/;10263925;/fileinfo.html

Note: some of the mechanics mentioned in the above Proxmio Tutorial are outdated. Most notably, the "cannot target units that jump you in combat from stealth" no longer applies, with the addition of arena1/2/3/4/5 UnitIds. Also, as far as I know, Prox dim has been dead for a long time. These changes will be fully reflected in updated content.
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Patch 2.4.3 updates:

Bartender4 briefly - why you should update
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdpEvIPfWqA

Fist off, let me say this.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS!!!

I've been hoping someone would post something like this for ages, since my action bars are already started to get over-clustered and confusing. You articulate very well, so the video is very easy to understand. From what I can see so far, you did a stellar job.

Kudos.

The only mistake I've seen so far is at the beginning of the 2nd video you say "by pressing the s key, you'll move left". You meant to say the "a" key. ;)

@@@# yea, good catch :D Glad you found it useful.

I know this is fairly off-topic, but considering this is the PVP forum, and you created a video to assist others with pvp. How do you generally feel about your mage when it comes to PvP? Do you enjoy him? Are mage's pretty good at BG PVP? Arena? I've been considering rerolling a mage, but I'm still fairly uncertain about it.

Watched the streams of 1 and 2.

Part 1 I enjoyed the pitbull tutorial, I use AG_unitframes and never gave pitbull a chance when I couldn't figure it out after loading it up.

Part 2 I skimmed through since I like my keybind settings and agreed with most of what I did hear abotu placement etc.

Just finished downloading part 3(vimeo wasn't ready).

Good tutorial on focus targets and macros, afflicted looks like a helpful mod will check that out. Really interested in part 4 on this fabled "best pvp mod ever" you keep hinting at. Overall very nice work.

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I know this is fairly off-topic, but considering this is the PVP forum, and you created a video to assist others with pvp. How do you generally feel about your mage when it comes to PvP? Do you enjoy him? Are mage's pretty good at BG PVP? Arena? I've been considering rerolling a mage, but I'm still fairly uncertain about it.

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I like it I guess. I love arenas, and my mage is the only vein I have to do Arenas, so there's some bias there :D It's micromanagement hell in terms of CC rotations and trying to manage staying alive with burst coordination, but I like it. Mages kinda suck balls at 2v2, but are very strong in 3v3 and 5v5 still. You have to be on your toes though 'cus your passive defense is arugably the worst in the game. Blink (literally, not the spell), and you can die.

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Watched the streams of 1 and 2.

Part 1 I enjoyed the pitbull tutorial, I use AG_unitframes and never gave pitbull a chance when I couldn't figure it out after loading it up.

Part 2 I skimmed through since I like my keybind settings and agreed with most of what I did hear abotu placement etc.

Just finished downloading part 3(vimeo wasn't ready).

Good tutorial on focus targets and macros, afflicted looks like a helpful mod will check that out. Really interested in part 4 on this fabled "best pvp mod ever" you keep hinting at. Overall very nice work.

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Thanks for the feedback! I will hopefully start working on a Proximo / MSBT video soon, though I have to do some thinking on what exactly to include for MSBT (triggers mostly). It'll require some coordination with other people, so it might take awhile.

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It's sorta incomplete, but here goes:

Broken up into three parts, with my droning voice explaining the important parts, here is me setting up a basic, functional PvP UI:

(Note the streams are really crappy quality, especially the sound (actually the filefront stream ain't half bad).

Part I: (Pitbull, Bartender3, Quartz)
http://files.filefront.com/Basicswmv/;10226429;/fileinfo.html
http://www.vimeo.com/1016111

Part II: >> KEYBINDINGS! <<
http://files.filefront.com/Keybindingswmv/;10226431;/fileinfo.html
http://www.vimeo.com/1016694

Part III: Focus target, very brief description of Afflicted, NECB, Cooldowntimers2, Itemrack.
http://files.filefront.com/Advancedwmv/;10226727;/fileinfo.html
http://www.vimeo.com/1017017
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Things that I didn't include that I probably should have (might come in a Part IV):
Proximo
Mik's Scrolling Battle Text


Any comments are welcome, even "LOLURUI SUCKS," 'cus really, it does suck. Also I suck at video editing.

Hope it's useful to someone though.

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obviously with my level im going to be in arena for the first time within a month so this is really helpful
thx

Bump for more input ~

bump so other ppl can see :)

Will help alot of people who are not familier with focus macros/pvp mods

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I stopped reading at his avatar. Damn gay elves!

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Ok, ok... I read through. It's good advice. :p

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<3

Posting to tag for later for my mage alt and this main.

I think I read somewhere that the writer of Natur Enemy Castbar had a child recently so the project is pretty much going to be discontinued. If anyone knows of a mod that has cooldowns for diminishing returns I'd love to hear it.

Also I've never been able to find a working version of Afflicted, do you just find it off google or do you download off of a specific site?

watching the first vid now...did you even notice you dropped the F-bomb when talking about how many frams pitbull has?

hehe...so far real good.

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I think I read somewhere that the writer of Natur Enemy Castbar had a child recently so the project is pretty much going to be discontinued. If anyone knows of a mod that has cooldowns for diminishing returns I'd love to hear it.

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If you want DR timers, go with Prox Dim. It sets up DR timers next to your Proximo unit frames. (Unfortunate side effect is that it doesn't work outside of arenas).

Keep in mind that the old version of NECB will still (mostly) correctly do DR timers for your target.

http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info8606-ProxDimRedux.html
or
http://aceaddons.curse.com/ProxDim.html

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Also I've never been able to find a working version of Afflicted, do you just find it off google or do you download off of a specific site?

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I just googled it, I think the specific site I worked from was wowinterface.com, but I can't remember.

Try
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info8063-Afflicted2.html

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Q u o t e:
did you even notice you dropped the F-bomb

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Yea I did, I thought of editing it out, but I decided, @@@@ it, I'm not going to censor how I speak about on online game. I then laughed as my thought process included dropping the F-bomb about dropping the F-bomb.