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A stack of bars (including Focus/CDs/Procs/Buffs) designed to help hunters optimize their DPS.

Description:

This is an addon that based on your current spec shows a frame with the most important abilities for this same spec. All information is shown as a bars that track these abilities. At some point (at procs mainly) bars may change the way they are tracking an ability (or even temporary change the ability they track) to inform you about important moments. The addon comes preconfigured and ready to use out-of-the-box but for those requiring higher degree of customization there are options to add custom bars that can track anything player sees fit, to rearrange bars order and amount or to remove any of the existing bars, including focus bar.

Focus bar is improved with a mark that shows the minimum amount needed for the active spec's main ability. This way the player can always prepare to have enough focus for when the ability is off cooldown. Focus bar color changes at the amount that one Arcane Shot can be fired and still enough focus will remain for spec's main ability. This optimizes DPS by showing what next shot should be the moments before main ability cooldown expires - one additional Arcane Shot if there will remain enough focus or wait for the main ability cooldown and use the ability.

Localization (need your help!):

You can add your translations or English corrections at CurseForge's localization tool. More info about localization can be found below (at the bottom of this description).

Recent and upcoming changes:

Recent:

• 1.3.5 - Update for Game Patch 4.3
• 1.3.4 - Focus Fire bar now have different colors for buff and cooldown

Upcoming:

• Track internal cooldowns
• Add more abilities in extended mode frame
• Add CC timer bars - freezing/ice trap effect duration
  

Overview of the frames/bars:

General Info:

• The frames can be moved with holding Shift+Ctrl+LeftMouseButton or by enabling Configuration mode
• Hide Focus Bar only and leave all other bars visible
• Show only Focus Bar and hide all other bars
• Customize size/time/text/color/font/texture of the bars
• Show/hide every ability tracking bar individually
• Option to show the frames in combat only
• Extended mode frame where additional(spec independent) abilities are tracked

Focus Bar Improvements:

• Shaded minimal amount of focus equal to spec's main ability - Kill Command, Chimera Shot or Explosive Shot
• The color changes when one Arcane Shot can be fired and the focus will remain above the shaded amount (i.e. you will still have enough for the main ability)
• During Steady/Cobra Shot estimates the amount of focus at the end of the casting

Beast Mastery:

• Improved Focus - Hunter resource meter bar
• Frenzy - bar that shows pet's "Frenzy" stacks, on 5 stacks becomes red to remind about Focus Fire
• Focus Fire - cooldown / duration
• Kill Command - cooldown
• Killing Streak - "Kill Command" cooldown bar becomes red to show next will be increased (NYI)

Marksmanship:

• Improved Focus - Hunter resource meter bar
• Chimera Shot - cooldown
• Improved Steady Shot - buff's remaining time
• Ready, Set, Aim... - stacks counting bar
• Fire! - at 5 stacks "Ready, Set, Aim..." bar becomes red to show that "Aimed Shot" is free and instant cast

Survival:

• Improved Focus - Hunter resource meter bar
• Explosive Shot - cooldown/2sec debuff on "Lock and Load"
• Lock and Load - when "Lock and Load" procs "Explosive Shot" bar becomes red and swaps from cooldown to 2sec debuff so player doesn't overlap Explosive Shots' DOT duration
• Lock and Load - proc's internal cooldown, so player knows when to begin expecting next "Lock and Load"
• Black Arrow - cooldown/debuff duration, both on the same bar (debuff is NYI)

Additional Bars (Extended Mode):

• 3x Custom Bars - cooldown / buff on self / debuff(DOT) on target
• Serpent Sting - DOT duration
• Kill Shot - cooldown
• Rapid Fire - cooldown/duration

If you think some other options or new features should be included in the addon or just noticed a bug, you can post comment below or fire a ticket on HuntBars at CurseForge.com

Few more words about localization (i.e. Translators are needed):

If you want to use this addon on your language (deDE, esES, frFR, ruRU, etc.) you can go to CurseForge's localization tool to translate few phrases (or more), you only need to understand written English. If you want your work credited please send me PM to add you as addon contributor. The translation page can be found on HuntBars localization at CurseForge.com.