Tracking External Defensives without Addons in Midnight

Posted 2025/11/28 at 10:36 AM by Archimtiros

What it DoesPain Suppression

Only tracks single target buffs like Life Cocoon, but not group effects like Rallying Cry.

Does not allow filtering, rearranging, or even previewing what abilities will be shown.

No cooldown information, to know whether an ability is available or if it was used on someone else.

Like the Cooldown Manager, buffs are duplicated, displayed on both the normal and external defensive frames.

What it Could Doexpressed interest in improvinggiven us a preview

Comment by WixypooTheyre turning it into fellowship 😂🤣😭Comment by SeniaaWe wouldn't need addons to track these things if there were actual good animations for them. Life Cocoon is probably the worst external (power level wise) but you know when it is applied to you because it is obnoxious and very easy to spot. This should be the standard.

Meanwhile other externals like Pain Supp or Time Dilation have next to no animation so good luck knowing when it is applied to you so you might overlap defensives and "waste" one.

The same can be said for personals. Something like Unending Resolve or the Mage Barriers should be the standard for animations since you can tell when they are popped. Good luck ever knowing when Blur, Astral Shift, or Icebound Fortitude are popped because the animations are so unbelievably muted. The last one is one of the biggest offenders since it does have an animation (the DK does have an ice effect on them), but good luck ever seeing it when it is blocked out by say Remorseless Winter or Bone Shields or whatever.Comment by FrenzzyTheDruidCAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by SeniaaTheyre turning it into fellowship 😂🤣😭Comment by overneatheCAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by GabrijelCzgood attempt
result..... let's give them another 20 years and maybe we'll reach the level of addonsComment by TyneicWe wouldn't need addons to track these things if there were actual good animations for them. Life Cocoon is probably the worst external (power level wise) but you know when it is applied to you because it is obnoxious and very easy to spot. This should be the standard.

Meanwhile other externals like Pain Supp or Time Dilation have next to no animation so good luck knowing when it is applied to you so you might overlap defensives and "waste" one.

The same can be said for personals. Something like Unending Resolve or the Mage Barriers should be the standard for animations since you can tell when they are popped. Good luck ever knowing when Blur, Astral Shift, or Icebound Fortitude are popped because the animations are so unbelievably muted. The last one is one of the biggest offenders since it does have an animation (the DK does have an ice effect on them), but good luck ever seeing it when it is blocked out by say Remorseless Winter or Bone Shields or whatever.Comment by MormeroCAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by DarkvihAwesome, but it sure have a lot of space to improvments, but with this we should be able to aslo track, some AoE, like Monks`s leg sweep, DH Chaos nova, or Specially the interrupts, thats the thing we need a tracker, kinda demanding in higher M+ for exampleComment by BegroovedCAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by cheiniiAddons will still be able to do whatever the @#$% they want visually. They just can't do *!@# like concatenating your health, cause they can't see the number.Comment by RaZz0r65CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by KerathrasWhat do you mean there is no way to coordinate? You yell “I just put Pain Suppression on the tank” in Discord! 🤣

Any group needing to coordinate cooldowns to that extend will have coms, this is a non issue.Comment by kalykatJust let me track my buffs and debuffs with add-ons like normal and most of the issues you've created would be resolved!Comment by StraataCAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by SiriCAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by LootFeverWe are in a Beta and getting functions that are on the level of internal Alpha.
You can't make this !@#$ up xDComment by lovelywazWe are in a Beta and getting functions that are on the level of internal Alpha.
You can't make this !@#$ up xDComment by RaZz0r65CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE UGLY ASS PLAYER FRAMES! ITS SO OLD AND OUTDATED I DONT CARE ABOUT MY PORTRAAAIT!Comment by FordraxelJust let me track my buffs and debuffs with add-ons like normal and most of the issues you've created would be resolved!