WowAce

Thanks for the quick answer!

The option to enlrage certain auras (especially player-cast auras as a general cathegory) is the key to make this addon a great standalone (well, that and ability to use partyframes outside of arenas, which would be so epic Hans Zimmer would need to make a soundtrack to it ;p). I don't think most people (at least those I know to use Gex) would really need a target/player frame with such an addition, as far as arenas are concerned at least (and that is the scope, so I think it would be bad to go further than that, though exchanging arena1 for "target" outside of arenas would be an epic option if you ever had the time and will to add it).

In terms of CC / important auras, I had no idea how this worked (though I have some minor experience in programming scripts in python, .lua is alien to me and I have no time to actually remedy this). So a filter to alert on appearance of an "important aura" after a check if it can be dispelled by the player would probably be extremely time and resource consuming too?

I had played with anchor points and relative points for auras, but as long as auras are the same size / opacity / have the same outline, this does not achieve anything, as important stuff gets lost along the sea of garbage auras. I did not have "grid" layout in mind, but more like something not similar, but more like "inspired" by VuhDo's "notification bars / buttons" that can be displayed in a frame or near a frame as a bar, button, icon or layover based on a predefined condition (such as "display a nice green dot with black boarder with a number of stacks and a timer here when this frame has Lifebloom"). Few predefined places this can appear in, option to use a circle / square of a certain color or icon, stacks / timer. As of now, I have achieved this effect with quite an unwieldy configuration of PowerAuras, but I still think it's better than using some aberrant combination of partyframes, raven, powerauras, afflicted3 and other addons that basically does what GladiusEx does better by itself and cool looking, with no hassle. So the only thing that I had to leave from my old "partyframe" setup Was the poweraura thing, which doesn't really look that great, cannot be perfectly adjusted and does not provide functionality proportional to the setup time (including creating 3 anchors for party1, party2 and player for my case for like 8-10 auras per healing class / spec I use ;P). I guess addin something even remotely similar to this would require too much work for you, especially since "make auras cast by me bigger by X% / Y pixels" and/or "reduce / increase opacity of auras / auras cast by player" would go a long way towards fulfilling the goal of making hots / shields cast by the player noticable with the option to enlarge certain debuffs (such as Weakened Soul) with timers from OmniCC.

Edit: though if "grid-style" counters for hots/shields/shield debuffs with stacks and timers would be possible to achieve somehow that would be beyond awesome. But again, I have no idea how much hassle this would require to incorporate, so I'll be happy with whatever you do anyway :) It's your time it takes to make and maintain this addon and it is greatly appreciated (so greatly that this is actually the first addon I think I might donate if I dig up my paypal login/pass :P).

Thanks again for the reply and keep up the good work!

PS Have you considered changing the name / abbreviating the name to GEX - GladiusEx? When I try to talk my friends into using gladiusex, they can't find it, as google corrects the search to Gladius. Even "gladiusex curse" or the project site are hard to find via google when not using quotation marks ;-)

Sorry for the wall of text ;]

- Awesome.

-Double awesome.

-An option like "Display party frames outside of arena - use this at your own risk, as this is a test option" with an added "Enable / disable this module if in a party of 2 / 3 / 5" or "Enable/disable outside of arena" (if that is even possible) would be triple awesome. I don't really think we need to be talking "viable" here, just no need to run scripts to enable Gex outside of arenas at people's own risk (would completely understand why you wouldn't want to add half-baked solutions though). I think most people, including myself, would just like to not have to run an additional, often basic, party frame addon/module just to run a heroic or scenario from time to time. People who use gex, who found it and know what it does, usually play PvP first and foremost (at least I think so, why else would they need it? :P). Only party-pvp mode is an arena - rest is raid-based. So the only other group modes - dungeons while leveling / heroics / scenarios, are probably secondary for a person who uses a specific, profiled PvP UF addon and they don't really require anything fancy. I think if someone wants to run challenge modes or heroic scenarios they already have party UF suitable for that purpose and won't even notice. For the rest, at least imo, a basic fix (enough to have the UFs there and with working HP/power bars and auras) would suffice to run leveling dungeons and few hcs without the hassle of installing / turning on / off another addon for the sake of it. More than that, it would have an added benefit of being able to get used to Gex before entering an arena, and that is perhaps the most important part.

- Well I havn't really though about the alert important dispellable as a hack. So many addons do this that it seemed right to me (ElvUI party frames with two filters: important and check only dispellable; VuhDo; some configurations of Grid + modules). But I guess you're right - it does sound cheesy now that I think of it.

You should consider adding feral cyclone to the cooldowns section (20 sec cd). Also pet frames make a healer's life much easier, just small health bars would be perfect to be honest.

Thanks again!

Hello, love the addon, great work.

It would be nice, though, with an option move the cast bars of the arena frames freely. Personally I like to have them to the side of the frames so they are easier to see for interrupting. =]

edit: also I read someone comment asking to make party frames usable outside arena. I second that wish (but I realise it is hard/impossible/takes time) :)

Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply and fix.

Hello Slaren,
I have a quick question. If I enable "show only dispellable buffs" in gladiusex, I do not see any debuffs for my partyframes. I'm a disc priest so shouldn't I at least see the magic and disease debuffs?

when i go into arena, my party frames bug out and lets say for example, my partners are rogue and priest. the 2 party frames from gladiusex has a priest bar and rogue bar but it is swapped. like rogue has the white priest health bar and the priest has yellow health bar. so rogue would have white health bar but sublety icon on the side. and priest would have yellow health bar but disc priest icon on the side. 

I have a question. Is there a way to enable the GladiusEx Frames inside BGs, too?

I have to switch between Elv UI Arena Frames and GladiusEx Frames. Because I use the GladiusEx Frames inside arena and Elv UI Frames inside BGs cause Gladius doesnt show them.

Is it possible?

Thanks. :-)

Great addon ! Instantly adopted it !

Hope it'll be maintained forever :)

Hey! Great addon you got there! :D

I was wondering if it were possible to make the party frames enabled in normal groups so it isnt just arena? (personal UI involving symmetry)

I quickly looked through your .lua files but didnt seem to find the information to change this.

Thanks in advance! <3