Looking for an alternative boss warning addon other than Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs?
Try an addon called Deus Vox Encounters instead.
Like Bigwigs and DBM, it features a great alert system with timers and screen flashes for a variety of events. All aspects of it can be customized including the duration, transparency and color.
The sounds are much more distinct than the traditional “Run away little girl, run away” we’ve all grown accustomed to. Various bells, alerts, and chimes are sharp enough to cause you to pay closer attention to what’s happening.
There’s a bar which I placed at the top of the screen that displays the amount of health remaining on the boss along with the time elapsed on the current attempt.
Bonus: Big giant arrow in the middle of the screen that tells you what direction to run to. Players who fought Mother Shahraz may remember an addon that organized them into directions to run. This does similar things.
On Anub’arak, it will tell you the direction to run to avoid his spikes.
On Yogg’Saron, it tells you the direction to run to avoid Malady of the Mind.
Anyway, check out some of the shots below. Needless to say, I’ve been using this since I’ve heard of it and I haven’t reactivated DBM or Bigwigs since.
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:O you been reading my blog :P
I really like this mod and have dropped DBM until such time as I have a real need (hopefully never)
Upyursh´s last blog ..Addon Highlight: DXE
@Upyursh: Naw man, great minds think alike! I’ve been meaning to publish it earlier. But I have to much shit to do! :(
lol just joking mate :D tbh I was going to email you today with a link because I thought it was worth you posting about too but when I loaded the site THERE YOU ARE! Already done :D
Upyursh´s last blog ..Addon Highlight: DXE
The arrow is quite intriguing. It brings up 2 questions tho:
1) Is it ‘smart’? ie: at anub will it show you a safe way to run from the spikes but also in a direction towards a near ice patch?
2) How resource heavy is this mod?
Aside from that the healthbar with the boss is a very welcome one. I always find myself wondering if I should keep the boss on focus or on target to stay up to date. However, I also need a boss’s castbars. Is that included?
In fact… given a boss’s healthbar and castbar… I might not need the rest.
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Matticus and No Stock UI, WoW Manufaktur. WoW Manufaktur said: Neue RaidWarnung Deus Vox vorgestellt, klingt sehr überzeugend http://bit.ly/3kNcxe [...]
I’ve been skimming through your site to find out what addon you are using to change the font in all windows but can’t find any references. How do you achive such a nice and smooth desktop across all popups, addons and windows?
Yeah, my guild has been using this for 2-3 months now…. far superior to DBM. Much more customizable, and the timers exist for many more things. Especially handy for Anub’arak 25 Heroic.
Hey, that sounds like a great thing! As I’m quite not happy with DBM I’ll definitely try that! Thank you very much for your report!
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I just installed this a few days ago – one of the other healers in our guild is using it and has recommended it. In addition to being very useful, you can also make it look ‘pretty’ to go with the style/look/feel of your UI.
Haven’t disabled DBM yet, since I don’t want to mess things up while getting used to this new mod, but I am definitely liking it.
As cool as it looks, it seems like it gives waaay too much information to me. I even think that DBM is giving a little too much information already (“Dispel on ___!”) but this one seems to take the cake.
beauty of this one Bith is you can get in and remove what you done want. (can’t interrupt then dont get warning)
Upyursh´s last blog ..Addon Highlight: DXE
[...] We’ve all heard of Deadly Boss Mods and BigWigs, but have you heard of Deus Vox Encounters? [...]
[...] some more pictures of the addon, head over to No Stock UI and check out the post featuring DXE. A decent picture of the range indicator can be found over at [...]
[...] We’ve all heard of Deadly Boss Mods and BigWigs, but have you heard of Deus Vox Encounters? [...]
[...] We’ve all heard of Deadly Boss Mods and BigWigs, but have you heard of Deus Vox Encounters? [...]
[...] We’ve all heard of Deadly Boss Mods and BigWigs, but have you heard of Deus Vox Encounters? [...]
But does it announce warnings like DBM does if you’re leader/assist?
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@valkyrierisen: There is an option to toggle to warnings and output them to a channel of your choice (Raid, Raidwarning, guild, officer, party, etc).
[...] We’ve all heard of Deadly Boss Mods and BigWigs, but have you heard of Deus Vox Encounters? [...]
It seems like the week of DXE — I made the change about a month ago, and I must say I’m very happy with the results. The only thing I do miss is the battleground timers offered by DBM, but since I spend more raiding than PvPing it’s worth the trade off.
About that little arrow — although its great, it does not take away from the fact that you still need to know what to do when it pops up. It’s been nice on Northrend Beasts when I get locked in on healing and need a quick heads up on which direction the flame is currently located.
Windsoar´s last blog ..Some UI Changes
One thing about dbm that I wonder about with this, the spell timers module, is that also available for/in dxe??
I quite like, although i still need to get used to the different sound alerts…i kinda miss the “Run away, little girl” from DBM. Is there a way to add that alert (or other custom sound alerts) from DMB into DXE?
Well, as the inability of players increases, the need for hand holding increases (squared).
I certainly hope this isn’t the way things are going, because it means either the encounter mechanics will need to be made seriously more complex if people stop thinking completely and rely on an arrow to guide them.
Ah so this is a “continuance” of RDX… no wonder it looked familiar.
I would worry if people actually need an addon to be told which direction to run, since that means they have no idea what they’re doing. I thought healbots were bad enough really.
Why would you want to play a game if the goal in that game is to do as little as possible yourself? Including thinking.
@ Shadow – ok i’ll bite. The fact is with the current state of things in regards to constant nerfs and badge gear people who would never see top tier content before ARE seeing it and they could very well be in your pug :P now more people seeing more content on the surface good but reality is you will be running with people who’s awareness is crap, skill levels are low and who still think fire gives a buff. DXE is merely a tool mate, if you are good enough to raid without it then dont install it but mocking people who do use it (like Raid Leaders who want clear timers to make calls to said retards) is pretty shit lol
The arrow is merely a minor (and it is minor) feature of a great addon. I have nights when I am focussing so hard to watching others that a momentary brain fart happens, if an arrow means the diff between me living and dying while I’m in the middle of telling someone to not drop fire in melee then it’s for the good.
Upy
Upyursh´s last blog ..Some Grid Changes
I have been using and enjoying this module ever since you featured it. The best part of it over DBM is how configurable it is. I use this to make it so that it is telling me LESS than DBM did rather than more, just in a more useful way.
The arrow is rarely used, but where it is most useful is on Icehowl when you are pined beside a column and unable to see the person who is getting charged. It appears in the Anub fight too, but visibility is rarely an issue.
Fert´s last blog ..The Stash of the Week
since my first post, I have tried this out, and while i do like it, as raid leader, I can’t justify using this over DBM with it’s spell timer module… I also have to argue the point of it being more configurable than DBM.. yes, you can select which raid icons get used, otherwise, it’s less configurable.. the very pretty bar timers are not movable.. something that is very important since I need to be able to see the center of my screen, which I cannot do when the bars drop down..
All in all, it’s very pretty, does it’s job very well, has some information that DBM does not include, while DBM also has some info available that this mod does not.. using this mod as a base to build from is excellent however.. and when they make it possible to move the timer bars, and add a spell timer module then I will make the switch without a second thought..
@w01ph
You can currently move all of the timer and arrow modules — simply click the “lock” button to unlock all of the bar anchors, and click again to relock.
Being unsure of what you mean by the “spell timer module” I can’t help you with that one :)
Windsoar´s last blog ..Lack of Progression
Actually “the very pretty bar timers” *are movable and there are all kinds of cooldown timers around.
Personally I like DXE because it’s lightweight, has more accurate timers and imo presents the information much better than DBM.
Quite an interesting game to play I may spend sometime to know the game. I haven’t heard of it but from the screenies its quite interesting and fun to play but I’d say with the graphics I’m not quite impressed with it. I’ved played so many games but I’d rank this 6 out of 10 in graphics.
The sounds are much more distinct than the traditional “Run away little girl, run away” we’ve all grown accustomed to. Various bells, alerts, and chimes are sharp enough to cause you to pay closer attention to what’s happening.