WoW: It’s not me, it’s my circle of buttons
I’ve been working with the alternative WoW user interface (UI) “LunarSphere.” It’s a programmable circle of buttons you can place anywhere on screen. You can assign any of your spells, skills, items, or macros to the buttons, or they can open a horizontal bar of buttons, also programmable. So for a Priest, I can have one button open a bar of healing spells, one for nukes and dots, and one for buffs. I place the button-circle under the target, next to the group icons, where I can watch health bars and find spells easily. I prefer to target, heal, dot, and attack with the keyboard. Working with a group of only three, it’s quick to select group members with F keys. Buffs, debuffs, fade, nukes and other skills not used constantly are nice to have available on an easily found button circle.
In Zul’Farrak, Mark’s Warrior is spending less time as a frog because my dispel magic button is right there, easily found. Being frogged is one of the joys of Warriorhood. I’ve felt it, all raiding warriors do. It’s Mark’s turn. He doesn’t seem to feel the joy though.
I don’t use LunarSphere when soloing. Soloing is usually a repetitive grind handled with just a few buttons. I arrange my spells/skills on the normal action bar to accomplish that grind easily and have little need for a circle of buttons.