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09-04-13, 02:22 PM   #1
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Collecting 5.4 data...

So, since my Raidbot refers to specific bosses and specific abilities and all that, in order to support 5.4 I need to have a bunch of data, such as what boss abilities in SoO people might want to send automatic messages on. Since my guild sucks, fighting these bosses myself will probably take quite some time, so I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to collect such data.

It's worth noting that I don't actually know anyone who uses this add-on, including my own guild, so asking my users doesn't seem plausible
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09-04-13, 03:27 PM   #2
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Why do you bother spending all this time on an addon that you don't use, that nobody you know uses, and that you can't even actually test yourself?
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09-04-13, 03:34 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Phanx View Post
Why do you bother spending all this time on an addon that you don't use, that nobody you know uses, and that you can't even actually test yourself?
The joy of creation?
I don't know, it gets downloaded, I'm pretty sure somebody somewhere uses it... and every now and then I just ignore my raid leader and fire it up by myself and save us a bunch of wipes.

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Also, it looks good on my CV Just 3 days ago, as a matter of fact, I was telling a potential employer about this very add-on.
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09-04-13, 04:16 PM   #4
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You can test it, and collect data two ways by yourself:
  1. Log into the PTR now, join some raids, and kill bosses
  2. When the patch hits, do lots of LFR, which you probably will do anyway
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09-04-13, 04:26 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by myrroddin View Post
You can test it, and collect data two ways by yourself:
  1. Log into the PTR now, join some raids, and kill bosses
  2. When the patch hits, do lots of LFR, which you probably will do anyway
This may be one of my dumb moments... I thought raid bosses on PTR were available for testing only for very very limited periods of time. If that's not the case then I guess the answer to my question is pretty obvious after all...
LFR on live takes many weeks to open, so I'd rather call that plan B.
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09-05-13, 12:34 AM   #6
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Raid bosses are indeed on a limited schedule, so get cracking!
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